... A "hot check", sometimes known as a "heat check", is a test of sorts. Let's take a look at what it means.

 

Here, a hot check is a way to determine if a player is...well...hot.   

Every quarterback that has ever been enshrined in the Hall of Fame had one. Any active quarterback worth his salt has one too.  He's that ultimate go-to guy, you know, the one that makes the "how in the heck did he catch that" play in the clutch. Every team wants one. Every team needs one to win it all. He is, simply, the playmaker. 

During his tenure as starting quarterback for the Cowboys, Tony Romo has never had his go-to guy as far as wide receivers go.  Sure Romo has tight end Jason Witten, and they have earned a ...

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