Today we cover the top 10 positions we would want to play in Football. Let’s dive in.

10. Running Back: You have a short shelf life and are lucky to make it through your rookie contract. Also, no one values you anymore so you are lucky if you get drafted in the second or third round. On a positive note, you have the ability to make fantasy football owners very happy for the 3 years you are good.

9. Cornerback: The positives are if you are really good you can become overpaid very quickly. Also, expectations of your tackling skills are low. On the negative side, you are on an island and everyone knows when you make a mistake.

8. Kicker: The positives are you can be the hero of any game at any time. See Harrison Butker the last few years. You also only play like 7 or 8 plays a game. On the negative, you can also be the most hated person in a city. See Lin Elliott and Scott Norwood.

7. Punter: Slightly less glory but way less pressure. No one remembers the guy who costs you the game because he shanked a punt. Still don’t have to play much and you get to act tough when you occasionally push the returner out of bounds.

6. Outside Linebacker (3/4 defense only): You have one job. Go get the quarterback. Rack up sacks and if you aren’t completely terrible against the run you are highly complimented for being a “complete” player.

5. Wide Receiver: Be as loud and obnoxious as you want. Celebrate every catch you make by pointing forward. When you don’t catch it, flop around because there was obviously pass interference otherwise you would have caught it. Cut and die your hair funny. Have lots of tattoos. Get in trouble off the field as long as it isn’t too bad. Have lots of kids with lots of women. You are basically an NBA player playing football.

4. Starting Quarterback: This would be higher back in the day. But now it is more pressure than glory. It’s your job to drag your entire franchise along with wins and stats. If you don’t have stats but have wins you are a game manager. If you have stats but no wins, then you are just taking advantage of bad opponents. But unless you are Patrick Mahomes you can be extremely overpaid without accomplishing anything like Justin Herbert, Trevor Lawrence and Tua.

3. Long Snapper: you are the least athletic person on the team but you have complete job security because you can snap a ball through your legs. It’s always the kickers fault unless the holder screws up so bad that you can’t not blame him. No one knows your name or what you look like so you can go out in public and do whatever you want and no one will notice. But you get an NFL pay check so you can buy more stuff than I can, even though we have the same overall athletic ability.

2. Back up quarterback: This is the role you want. You get to hang out with best player on the team. You mostly just hang out on the sideline with a clipboard. Then you occasionally sit on the bench and look at pictures on an iPad with the starter. If you are thrust into play, no one expects much so if you play poorly they say, well that is why he is the backup. If you play well you are the hero. Henne thing is possible!!

1. Chase Daniel: Okay not technically a position, but this is who you want to be. This guy bounced around the league and was well respected despite rarely playing. He never played and so his body is still in great shape because it took the same physical toll as a kicker…maybe less. And he made over 43 million dollars. To put that in perspective, John Elway made 47 million in his career and guys like Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts haven’t hit that number yet. Of course they will vastly surpass that. But both of them have started one less game this year than Chase started in his whole career. The guy was in the league for 13 years and threw less that 275 passes and 9 touchdowns and made 43 million dollars! And now he has used his time in the NFL to start a great tv career. He is literally living my dream.