Jets QB Josh McCown Helping Everyone as He Competes for Starting Job

Leadership
Written By Evan Burk

In a Sports Spectrum article showcasing Josh McCown, it is clear that the 15-year veteran quarterback still wants to play.  But even though he knows that nothing can replace actually playing, he is displaying excellent leadership for both the team and the Quarterbacks to model themselves after, both now and after he leaves.

Team Success as a Prerequisite to Personal Success

  • McCown, at 39 years old now, states "my goal is for the quarterback room to play well. And if it's me playing out there, I want to play the best football that I can play.  If that's Sam or Teddy, whoever that is, that's the ultimate goal."

Leaving a Legacy

  • Although McCown wants to play, he acknowledges that he sees a bigger picture of what he is leaving behind with younger players. "If you can be part of finding that guy that can be that guy for this franchise for a long time, that means something to me, that's competitive to me.  That's what we get up for work to do, that's what makes it fun", McCown says.

No Substitute for Hard Work

  • McCown: "For me, it's just a personal thing.  At the end of the day, you go to work and you work as hard as you can and you help as many people as you can.  And when you lay down and you can have peace at your heart at night, and you know that I did all I could do today, and then you sleep good.  That's what I learned growing up, and that's all I know."

There is no way to quantify the value to having a veteran like Josh McCown teach the younger quarterbacks on the team to be a professional athlete.  Regardless of who is playing, it is guaranteed that everyone in that room will be putting in the work, pulling the team in the right direction, and pulling for each other.Prediction: Josh McCown will be the quarterback coach for the New York Jets for the 2019 NFL season....just a hunch.

Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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