“You forgot the sarcasm note. NFL teams steal signals on every play.”
That is the job of the backup QBs during the game. They read lips and decode hand signals and record this on their clipboards.
The funniest sports article I have ever read was an interview with Doug Pederson(Farve’s long time backup) about what it was that he did exactly, since due to Farve’s durable health Pederson rarely every stepped out on the field. He said other than being the butt end of Farve’s pranks and jokes he was suppose to be looking over at the other side line trying to read coaches lips and any signals being called.
Brett Farve is my absolute favorite football player!
Your post kind of goes along with something a coworker years ago told me about a deaf kid on his son’s junior high football team. The kid was great at reading lips, and supposedly would tell his teammates what the opposing coach was saying to his team on the sidelines. Not sure if it’s true.