This. I have a feeling this could be a huge issue going forward. I mean, who the hell wants to watch Stanton, Beathard or Keenum? I have Sunday Ticket and have found most of the games downright unwatchable. The lack of offensive continuity is a major problem, and you can connect that to the rash of injuries we've seen to big names this season, but you can't deny that the future of the QB position is in a rough spot. Sure, it's impossible for every team to have a competent quarterback at all times, but I've never seen so many subpar options in the league. It's truly sad. I'd imagine Carson Palmer hangs up the cleats after this season; and I doubt we have to wait very long for guys like Brady, Ben and Brees (probably has a few more good years left, but you get the point) to do the same. That really leaves Rodgers and Wilson as legit QB options. Think Wentz, Goff and Watson are headed in the right direction, but the rest of the league is a landmine. Obviously, you could make a case for Mariota, Winston and Stafford, but I think they've plateaued to some extent. If you don't have a single-caller to run the show, the offense will suffer. Unless, of course, you have a defense like the Seahawks or Jaguars that can mask your ineptitude. Maybe I'm being a wet blanket, but I'm legitimately scared. The future of this league is tenuous at best.
Here's hoping the league wakes up and starts to see that the practice cap is detrimental to the product it puts on the field every Sunday.
I've done this on other forums in the past when this same point was made ten years ago and a half decade ago and three years ago and....
I was able to convince the person making your same argument that he/she was mistaken. Pick a year, any year from 20+ years ago, go team-by-team, and you'll see QB play is not worse now.
Let's try 1985 vs this year (all 1985 QBs who threw 200+ passes are noted). 1985 was the first random year that popped into my head and was considered as a year that had good QB play for the most part.
Cowboys- Danny White vs Dak Prescott
Redskins- Joe Theismann/Jay Schroeder vs Kirk Cousins (Theismann was rotten that year)
Eagles- Ron Jaworski vs Carson Wentz
Giants- Phil Simms vs Eli Manning
Vikings- Tommy Kramer vs Sam Bradford/Case Keenum
Bears- Jim McMahon vs Mitch Trubisky
Lions- Eric Hipple vs Matthew Stafford
Packers- Lynn Dickey vs Aaron Rodgers
Saints- Dave Wilson vs Drew Brees
Buccaneers- Steve DeBerg vs Jameis Winston
Falcons- Dave Archer vs Matt Ryan
Rams- Dieter Brock vs Jared Goff
Cardinals- Neil Lomax vs Carson Palmer
49ers- Joe Montana vs Brian Hoyer
Seahawks- Dave Krieg vs Russell Wilson
Jets- Ken O'Brien vs Josh McCown
Dolphins- Dan Marino vs Jay Cutler
Patriots- Tony Eason vs Tom Brady
Bills- Vince Ferragamo/Bruce Mathison vs Tyrod Taylor
Colts- Mike Pagel vs Jacoby Brissett
*Browns/Ravens- Bernie Kosar vs Joe Flacco or DeShone Kizer (depending on where you stand on how the league handles the franchises)
Bengals- Boomer Esiason vs Andy Dalton
Steelers- Mark Malone vs Ben Roethlisberger
Oilers/Titans- Warren Moon vs Marcus Mariota
Raiders- Marc Wilson vs Derek Carr
Broncos- John Elway vs Trevor Siemian
Chiefs- Bill Kenney vs Alex Smith
Chargers- Dan Fouts/Mark Herrmann vs Philip Rivers
franchises that didn't exist in 1985- Panthers, Jaguars, *new Browns, Texans
Of the 28 franchises in existence in 1985, I see only the Bears, 49ers, Jets, Dolphins, *Browns, Bengals, Colts, and Broncos as clearly having better QB situations than they have now. A bunch of others are arguable such as 1985 Simms vs 2017 Manning and 1985 Moon vs 2017 Mariota (I remember 1985; Moon had a level of potential fairly commensurate with Mariota's current level). Others clearly favor the current quarterback (Falcons, Patriots, Raiders, Cowboys, etc).
*unlike the league, I like to consider the old Browns and the Ravens to be the same franchise
The people who try to make the argument that the current QBs are not great as they were in olden times and the NFL is doomed because the good ones will retire, don't seem to ever remember that the league always has had shaky quarterbacks and there are always good ones who enter the league.