Based in part on some conversations here about the Rivers and Wilson and the potential Eli deal, I started working on a piece for ITP about what the alternative is to signing a QB to big money. That led me down the rabbit hole of modern QB history: http://insidethepylon.com/nfl/long-form-editorial/2015/08/28/the-nfl-qb-merry-go-round/
A few tid-bits:
A few tid-bits:
- Of the 32 teams, 21 or 22 figure to start a quarterback who has never played for anyone else.
- Aside from Brees, no quarterback has won a Super Bowl with his second team since Brad Johnson with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back in 2003.
- Kansas City famously hasn’t used a first-round pick on a quarterback since Todd Blackledge in 1983, who stands, amazingly, as the last QB the Chiefs have drafted to win a game. Of their draftees since 2002, only Brodie Croyle has started a game for them, losing all 10 of his starts between 2007 and 2010.