Assertion: quarterback | /r/CapableOf | call play
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: in football's early years
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: While quarterbacks and team captains usually called plays in football's early years, today coaches often decide which plays the offense will run.
text: Peyton Manning, formerly of the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos, was the best modern example of a quarterback who called his own plays, primary using an uptempo, no-huddle-based attack.
text: The quarterback will get into the huddle and call both of these plays.
text: This expression, first recorded in 1932, alludes to fans who verbally "replay" Sunday's football game the next day, the quarterback being the team member who calls the plays.