Heres the deal: You are going to own an NFL team for one year. You do not care at all about anything after that year. Your first player pickup in a QB, and all of them have been offered to you at the exact same salary. You can build the rest of your team however you want around that QB. How do you rank the 32 starting NFL QBs? Heres my list:
Tier #1
1. Tom Brady: I've discussed Brady/Manning to death. Check out this thread for some of my thoughts.
2. Big Ben: I expect to take some criticism here, but honestly what more could a QB do in his first two years?
3. P Manning: See the thread I linked to for Brady.
Tier #2
4. McNabb: A very complete QB imho. Has no real weakness. Can run, can throw, is well liked in the locker room, has won consistently and just missed out on winning a SB.
5. Vick: We've been through this before, and I don't feel like arguing it anymore. Yes, I realize that he sucks as a passer and that his stats aren't good. I don't think it matters. I think hes the one QB that could be one of the worst ranked passers in the NFL and still be the MVP. Hes that special. Without him, they went 2-10 two years ago(and 0-1 this year). And then last year he came back and took that 2-10 team to a 3-1 record! Yes, that same terrible 2-10 team went 3-1 with him...and get this: Those 4 games in which he played were the Falcons hardest stretch of games last year!
6. Carson Palmer: Having CJ surely helps a lot, but its hard to argue with his results so far.
7. Daunte Culpepper: Last offseason I did a list like this and I ranked him at #7. Nearly everyone jumped all over me for disrespecting him. I maintained that he was overrated due to having played with Moss. I think I was proven correct, as I don't think many people will say I'm ranking him too low anymore.
Tier #3
8. Jake Plummer: Even before this year, I thought he was underrated. Led Arizona to a playoff win, led the Broncos to the conference title, had a great statistical year.
9.Matt Hasselbeck: Has a great o-line, which surely helps, but has put up numbers regardless of who his WRs are. A bit underrated imo.
10. Jake Delhomme: Has quietly put up some great playoff numbers.
11. Marc Bulger: Before this season I would've said that hes overrated due to having such a great surrounding cast, but we saw how they fell apart without him.
12. Byron Leftwich: Seems to have all of the intangibles.
13. Drew Brees: Tough guy to rank. Don't ever see him as a superstar, but his accuracy will make him a very good QB for a long time imo.
14. Brett Favre: The hardest guy on this list to rank imo. Really could see an arguement for moving him way up or way down from this spot.
15. Trent Green: Wonder what he'd do with better WRs. Does have a great o-line though.
Tier #4
16. E Manning: A bit overrated imo. Still too young. Would rank much higher if this wasn't just for one year.
17. S McNair: Like Favre, its really tough to rank him so low.
18. A Brooks: Everyone is down on him right now, but hes still had some pretty impressive years. Could greatly benefit from a fresh start imo.
19. C Pennington: I'm assuming full health.
20. K Collins: Still not that old and his resume isn't as bad as some may think.
Tier #5
eh....didn't really feel like making a distinction between guys like Harrington and Carr and M Brunell. Teams without QBs already listed would think of QB as a weakness on their team for next year imho.
Tier #1
1. Tom Brady: I've discussed Brady/Manning to death. Check out this thread for some of my thoughts.
2. Big Ben: I expect to take some criticism here, but honestly what more could a QB do in his first two years?
3. P Manning: See the thread I linked to for Brady.
Tier #2
4. McNabb: A very complete QB imho. Has no real weakness. Can run, can throw, is well liked in the locker room, has won consistently and just missed out on winning a SB.
5. Vick: We've been through this before, and I don't feel like arguing it anymore. Yes, I realize that he sucks as a passer and that his stats aren't good. I don't think it matters. I think hes the one QB that could be one of the worst ranked passers in the NFL and still be the MVP. Hes that special. Without him, they went 2-10 two years ago(and 0-1 this year). And then last year he came back and took that 2-10 team to a 3-1 record! Yes, that same terrible 2-10 team went 3-1 with him...and get this: Those 4 games in which he played were the Falcons hardest stretch of games last year!
6. Carson Palmer: Having CJ surely helps a lot, but its hard to argue with his results so far.
7. Daunte Culpepper: Last offseason I did a list like this and I ranked him at #7. Nearly everyone jumped all over me for disrespecting him. I maintained that he was overrated due to having played with Moss. I think I was proven correct, as I don't think many people will say I'm ranking him too low anymore.
Tier #3
8. Jake Plummer: Even before this year, I thought he was underrated. Led Arizona to a playoff win, led the Broncos to the conference title, had a great statistical year.
9.Matt Hasselbeck: Has a great o-line, which surely helps, but has put up numbers regardless of who his WRs are. A bit underrated imo.
10. Jake Delhomme: Has quietly put up some great playoff numbers.
11. Marc Bulger: Before this season I would've said that hes overrated due to having such a great surrounding cast, but we saw how they fell apart without him.
12. Byron Leftwich: Seems to have all of the intangibles.
13. Drew Brees: Tough guy to rank. Don't ever see him as a superstar, but his accuracy will make him a very good QB for a long time imo.
14. Brett Favre: The hardest guy on this list to rank imo. Really could see an arguement for moving him way up or way down from this spot.
15. Trent Green: Wonder what he'd do with better WRs. Does have a great o-line though.
Tier #4
16. E Manning: A bit overrated imo. Still too young. Would rank much higher if this wasn't just for one year.
17. S McNair: Like Favre, its really tough to rank him so low.
18. A Brooks: Everyone is down on him right now, but hes still had some pretty impressive years. Could greatly benefit from a fresh start imo.
19. C Pennington: I'm assuming full health.
20. K Collins: Still not that old and his resume isn't as bad as some may think.
Tier #5
eh....didn't really feel like making a distinction between guys like Harrington and Carr and M Brunell. Teams without QBs already listed would think of QB as a weakness on their team for next year imho.