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| Authored by Christopher Reina - 13th September, 2011 - 1:53 pm
 The NFL is living in a golden age of quarterbacks where the one common denominator of winning teams is a strong passing game.
We are coming off a season in which four quarterbacks had a passer rating over 100.0 and 12 were over 90.0. In 1996, for example, Steve Young led the NFL with a 97.2 passer rating and Brett Favre was the only other quarterback over 90.0.
In Week 1 of this season, there were 11 quarterbacks to finish their games with a passer rating over 100.0 and an additional three had ratings over 90.0.
The quarterback position has imported several high draft picks over the past few years as Matthew Stafford, Sam Bradford and Cam Netwon are entrenched as starters after being picked first overall in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 drafts.
Below is the list of Week 1 starters from the current season, along with their overall draft rankings (*undrafted players are assigned with the number following the final pick of their respective draft).
The average draft position of these 32 quarterbacks are 59 with a median of 20.
Arizona Cardinals: Kevin Kolb, 36
Atlanta Falcons: Matt Ryan, 3
Baltimore Ravens: Joe Flacco, 18
Buffalo Bills: Ryan Fitzpatrick, 250
Carolina Panthers: Cam Newton, 1
Chicago Bears: Jay Cutler, 11
Cincinnati Bengals: Andy Dalton, 35
Cleveland Browns: Colt McCoy, 85
Dallas Cowboys: Tony Romo, 263
Denver Broncos: Kyle Orton, 106
Detroit Lions: Matthew Stafford, 1
Green Bay Packers: Aaron Rodgers, 24
Houston Texans: Matt Schaub, 90
Indianapolis Colts: Kerry Collins, 5
Jacksonville Jaguars: Luke McCown, 106
Kansas City Chiefs: Matt Cassel, 230
Miami Dolphins: Chad Henne, 57
Minnesota Vikings: Donovan McNabb, 2
New England Patriots: Tom Brady, 199
New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees, 32
New York Giants: Eli Manning, 1
New York Jets: Mark Sanchez, 5
Oakland Raiders: Jason Campbell, 25
Philadelphia Eagles: Michael Vick, 1
Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger, 11
San Diego Chargers: Philip Rivers, 4
San Francisco 49ers: Alex Smith, 1
Seattle Seahawks: Tarvaris Jackson, 64
St. Louis Rams: Sam Bradford, 1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Josh Freeman, 17
Tennessee Titans: Matt Hasselbeck, 184
Washington Redskins: Rex Grossman, 22
The following is a list of quarterbacks who started the 2006 season. The average draft position of these quarterbacks is 67 and the median is 20.
Arizona Cardinals: Matt Leinart, 10
Atlanta Falcons: Michael Vick, 1
Baltimore Ravens: Steve McNair, 3
Buffalo Bills: J.P. Losman, 22
Carolina Panthers: Jake Delhomme , 241
Chicago Bears: Rex Grossman, 22
Cincinnati Bengals: Carson Palmer, 1
Cleveland Browns: Charlie Frye, 67
Dallas Cowboys: Drew Bledsoe, 1
Denver Broncos: Jake Plummer, 42
Detroit Lions: Jon Kitna, 255
Green Bay Packers: Brett Favre, 33
Houston Texans: David Carr, 1
Indianapolis Colts: Peyton Manning, 1
Jacksonville Jaguars: Byron Leftwich, 7
Kansas City Chiefs: Trent Green, 222
Miami Dolphins: Daunte Culpepper, 11
Minnesota Vikings: Brad Johnson, 227
New England Patriots: Tom Brady, 199
New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees, 32
New York Giants: Eli Manning, 1
New York Jets: Chad Pennington, 18
Oakland Raiders: Aaron Brooks, 131
Philadelphia Eagles: Donovan McNabb, 2
Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger, 11
San Diego Chargers: Philip Rivers, 4
San Francisco 49ers: Alex Smith, 1
Seattle Seahawks: Matt Hasselbeck, 184
St. Louis Rams: Marc Bulger, 168
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Chris Simms, 97
Tennessee Titans: Kerry Collins, 5
Washington Redskins: Mark Brunell, 118
Eleven quarterbacks remain as starters, with Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers and Alex Smith remaining with the same team and Kerry Collins, Donovan McNabb, Matt Hasselbeck and Rex Grossman starting elsewhere. |
