The worst QB to start at least 5 games for your NFL team? (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

I had to pick a number, so we'll go with five. (And the scabs only played three games in '87).

With a very special honorable mention to JaMarcus Russell and Todd Marinovich, the worst QB to ever start at least 5 games for the Raiders was unquestionably Andrew Walter. In nine starts between 2006-2008, he had a record of 2-7, a 49.1 completion percentage, and threw 3 TDs with 16 INTs! The offense in those years was impossible to watch.

If you'd like to research who the answer is for your team, all of the information can easily be found here.

 

[VaTerp]

Heath Shuler was pretty horrific in his 3 years in DC.

 

[Raider Nation]

Heath Shuler was pretty horrific in his 3 years in DC.

I tell this story all the time, but I bought up about ten of his rookie cards before his first game. I was convinced he was gonna be a player.

They are still sitting in a shoebox somewhere. Maybe I can sell them to his kids.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

A Niners fan my age might be tempted to go with Shaun Hill, or JT O'Sullivan, perhaps even Trent Dilfer? Colin Kaepernick, if you want to go for the yuk-yuks.

But Scott Bull pretty much laps the field here. Sub 40% completionn percentage, 3 lifetime TD's against 17 INT's. 5.4 yards per attempt. This, his only "win", might be the most depressing thing I've ever seen. Here's a summary from Wikipedia:

Week 15: at San Francisco 49ers[SIZE=small][edit][/SIZE] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 3 0 0 3 49ers 0 3 0 3 6 December 10, 1978 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California

In a meeting between the NFL’s two worst offenses, the San Francisco 49ers’ Ray Wersching kicked a fourth-quarter field goal to win the first game in which the Buccaneer defense held their opposition without a touchdown.[99] The Buccaneers committed ten fumbles, were intercepted five times, allowed eleven sacks, and scored no touchdowns. McKay was so upset that he cancelled his regular press conference the Monday following the game, and indicated that he would not be present at his Friday press conference.[100] The 49ers fumbled six times, were intercepted twice, and allowed five sacks. Mark Cotney’s 28-yard interception return set up Tampa Bay’s only score, a 35-yard Dave Green field goal. The previous week’s injury to Neil O'Donoghue became an issue, as Green’s limited range prevented the Buccaneers from attempting potential game-winning or -tying field goals.[101]Bill Kollar started and led the team in tackles for the second week in a row. The boredom of the game was such that one of the coaches spoke of setting himself on fire on the sideline, prompting a Buccaneer publicist to request that the team band be ready to play “You Light Up My Life”.[102]

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

Started Orten up until he lost the job to Tebow. May have had Orton the year before when he was in Chicago. Have been running Brees since then (Orton was my only QB and drove a massive trade), not sure if it was an over-reaction to Orton, or just lucky auctioning since then.

 

[Darryl Talley]

JP Losman or Trent Edwards. I can't call it.

 

[gilpdawg]

Well, I'm only going back as far as I can remember personally seeing, although I know there are probably worse guys in earlier franchise history.

Going with Jack Trudeau.

 

[jon_mx]

Tebow.

 

[renesauz]

Requiring 5 starts, it would have to be Koy Detmer for me and the Eagles, although there have probably been worse at some point before I was paying attention

 

[Raider Nation]

Started Orten up until he lost the job to Tebow. May have had Orton the year before when he was in Chicago. Have been running Brees since then (Orton was my only QB and drove a massive trade), not sure if it was an over-reaction to Orton, or just lucky auctioning since then.

Your "NFL" team, pal. Not fantasy.

 

[Raider Nation]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

 

[ZWK]

I'd like to nominate a quarterback with a winning record, who led the 2004 Chicago Bears to 3 wins in his 5 starts: Craig Krenzel.

His best game of that season was probably his 28-21 win in New York over the Giants, where he went 8/21 passing for 144 yards, 1 TD, and 0 INTs. He was also sacked 5 times for -35 yards, fumbling twice and losing both. For those scoring at home, that is 109 net yards on 26 plays, with 2 turnovers and 1 TD. The Bears had 11 three-and-outs that game. A respectable enough performance, when your defense generates 5 turnovers.

For the season, Krenzel completed only 46% of his passes and was sacked on 15% of his dropbacks, generating 560 net yards on 150 dropbacks, with 12 turnovers and only 3 TDs.

Krenzel probably wasn't even the Bears' worst quarterback in that glorious year, but Jonathan Quinn (un?)fortunately doesn't reach the 5-game cutoff.

 

[ZWK]

The Falcons are the winner here, thanks to Kim McQuilken.

A brief summary: During his career, McQuilken started 7 games, threw 272 passes, and accumulated a total of 9 fantasy points.

 

[jon_mx]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Oh, we are talking real NFL, not fantasy. I am a Lions fan, so it is pretty much a pick em. But let's list some

1, Dan Orlovsky. Started 7 games in the gawd-awful 0-16 season, so hard to beat. Some have worse stats, but lead the team to the worst season in sports history making the team a laughing stock.

2. Joey Harrington. Somehow mananged to start 37 games in a row before mercifully being benched for good by the Greatful Dead's, Jerry Jeff Garcia. In total, lead the team to 18 wins and 37 loses.

3. Charlie Batch. Lions fans had to endure 4 seasons of this experiment. Finally lost his job after going 0-9 in 2001.

4. Jeff Komlo. The 1979 season was lost from my memory, but this guy started all 16 games. He managed to throw to throw 28 TD and 12 int. Oh wait, it was 12 TDs and 28 int. He was later featured on America's Most Wanted for being on the run from a couple of DUI convictions, and suspected in an assault and also an arson incident, so he has that going for him.

5. Rodney Peete. 5 seasons as the main QB. Really???? Over his career threw 76 TDs, and 92 Ints.

6. Chuck Long. Just terrible NFL QB. Complied a stellar record of 4-17 as a starter. But did have nice hair!

7. Bob Gagliano. Who? I don't know, but he did start 11 games for the Lions over a couple seasons over 30 years ago. 16 TDs, 22 Ints.

8. Rusty Hilger. Shared the starting role with Chuck Long in 1999 before both were booted from the team. Did break over a 50 QB rating for his career (52.8!). Probably could bump him up a few spots, but I like his name.

9. Andre Ware, Great college QB running a run and shoot offense. Not so good in the NFL. 5 TDs, 8 ints.

10. Karl Sweetan. Another great name. Too young to rememeber this guy, but started a total of16 games for the Lions in 66 and 67. Threw 17 TDs and 34 Ints. Have to say the most impressive thing about his NFL carreer is in 19 starts, he managed 3 ties.

I bet if you compiled a list of the top 200 QBs of the Super Bowl era, I am not sure that even one Lion QB would make it. No other franchise can make that claim. Last season, Stafford was the first pro-bowler QB for the Lions since Laundry in 1971. None have ever been All-Pro unless you go back to pre-SB era and Bobby Lane in 1956.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Heath Shuler was pretty horrific in his 3 years in DC.

I'll take Hearh Shuler for the Saints as well. Danny Wuerffel is right there with him though.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Requiring 5 starts, it would have to be Koy Detmer for me and the Eagles, although there have probably been worse at some point before I was paying attention

Any number of QBs from the dreadful late 60s/early 70s teams were worse than Detmer. A good example is John Reaves, who started 7 games in 1972 and lost them all, with 7 TD, 12 INT, a completion percentage of 48.2% and a rating of 58.4.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

**** Shiner.

Why? Because his name is **** Shiner.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Oh, we are talking real NFL, not fantasy. I am a Lions fan, so it is pretty much a pick em. But let's list some

1, Dan Orlovsky. Started 7 games in the gawd-awful 0-16 season, so hard to beat. Some have worse stats, but lead the team to the worst season in sports history making the team a laughing stock.

2. Joey Harrington. Somehow mananged to start 37 games in a row before being benched for good by the Greatful Dead's, Jerry Jeff Garcia. In total, lead the team to 18 wins and 37 loses.

3. Charlie Batch. Lions fans had to endure 4 seasons of this experiment. Finally lost his job after going 0-9 in 2001.

4. Jeff Komlo. The 1979 season was lost from my memory, but this guy started all 16 games. He managed to throw to throw 28 TD and 12 int. Oh wait, it was 12 TDs and 28 int. He was later featured on America's Most Wanted for being on the run from a couple of DUI convictions, and suspected in an assault and also an arson incident, so he has that going for him.

5. Rodney Peete. 5 seasons as the main QB. Really???? Over his career threw 76 TDs, and 92 Ints.

6. Chuck Long. Just terrible NFL QB. Complied a stellar record of 4-17 as a starter. But did have nice hair!

7. Bob Gagliano. Who? I don't know, but he did start 11 games for the Lions over a couple seasons over 30 years ago. 16 TDs, 22 Ints.

8. Rusty Hilger. Shared the starting role with Chuck Long in 1999 before both were booted from the team. Did break over a 50 QB rating for his career (52.8!). Probably could bump him up a few spots, but I like his name.

9. Andre Ware, Great college QB running a run and shoot offense. Not so good in the NFL. 5 TDs, 8 ints.

10. Karl Sweetan. Another great name. Too young to rememeber this guy, but started a total of16 games for the Lions in 66 and 67. Threw 17 TDs and 34 Ints. Have to say the most impressive thing about his NFL carreer is in 19 starts, he managed 3 ties.

I bet if you compiled a list of the top 200 QBs of the Super Bowl era, I am not sure that even one Lion QB would make it. No other franchise can make that claim. Last season, Stafford was the first pro-bowler QB for the Lions since Laundry in 1971. None have ever been All-Pro unless you go back to pre-SB era and Bobby Lane in 1956.

I'm sure there's a few more we could mix in here too...god what a ####ty franchise

 

[mr roboto]

Sean Salisbury, Tavaris Jackson or Christian Ponder.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I guess that above list by JonMx makes Danielson, Munson & Landry the greatest Lions QBs between Layne & Stafford.

 

[jon_mx]

I guess that above list by JonMx makes Danielson, Munson & Landry the greatest Lions QBs between Layne & Stafford.

Pretty much, but Scott Mitchell had one great season, which may have been the best in Lions history. I am guessing the only Lion ever to have a year with a QB rating over 90. But those were among the 'greatest' Lions QBs. Eric Hipple and Erik Krammer. Just a bunch of sub-par QB's thrown in between some terrible QBs.

 

[Ilov80s]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Oh, we are talking real NFL, not fantasy. I am a Lions fan, so it is pretty much a pick em. But let's list some

1, Dan Orlovsky. Started 7 games in the gawd-awful 0-16 season, so hard to beat. Some have worse stats, but lead the team to the worst season in sports history making the team a laughing stock.

2. Joey Harrington. Somehow mananged to start 37 games in a row before mercifully being benched for good by the Greatful Dead's, Jerry Jeff Garcia. In total, lead the team to 18 wins and 37 loses.

3. Charlie Batch. Lions fans had to endure 4 seasons of this experiment. Finally lost his job after going 0-9 in 2001.

4. Jeff Komlo. The 1979 season was lost from my memory, but this guy started all 16 games. He managed to throw to throw 28 TD and 12 int. Oh wait, it was 12 TDs and 28 int. He was later featured on America's Most Wanted for being on the run from a couple of DUI convictions, and suspected in an assault and also an arson incident, so he has that going for him.

5. Rodney Peete. 5 seasons as the main QB. Really???? Over his career threw 76 TDs, and 92 Ints.

6. Chuck Long. Just terrible NFL QB. Complied a stellar record of 4-17 as a starter. But did have nice hair!

7. Bob Gagliano. Who? I don't know, but he did start 11 games for the Lions over a couple seasons over 30 years ago. 16 TDs, 22 Ints.

8. Rusty Hilger. Shared the starting role with Chuck Long in 1999 before both were booted from the team. Did break over a 50 QB rating for his career (52.8!). Probably could bump him up a few spots, but I like his name.

9. Andre Ware, Great college QB running a run and shoot offense. Not so good in the NFL. 5 TDs, 8 ints.

10. Karl Sweetan. Another great name. Too young to rememeber this guy, but started a total of16 games for the Lions in 66 and 67. Threw 17 TDs and 34 Ints. Have to say the most impressive thing about his NFL carreer is in 19 starts, he managed 3 ties.

I bet if you compiled a list of the top 200 QBs of the Super Bowl era, I am not sure that even one Lion QB would make it. No other franchise can make that claim. Last season, Stafford was the first pro-bowler QB for the Lions since Laundry in 1971. None have ever been All-Pro unless you go back to pre-SB era and Bobby Lane in 1956.

Joey was awful, but even he wasn't bad enough to pull off the numbers you are crediting him for.

 

[elguapo07]

I'll have to say probably Hugh Millen with Scott Zolak being a close 2nd for the Pats.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I never saw any Broncos QB prior to Elway actually play, so I can't pick any of them. And from the mid 80s to the present, the Broncos have never had a guy starting for at least five games who was so awful that he is the obvious pick. Some would say Tebow, but their record with him, his 4th quarter and OT comebacks, and the playoff win kind of trumps that.

 

[jon_mx]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Oh, we are talking real NFL, not fantasy. I am a Lions fan, so it is pretty much a pick em. But let's list some

1, Dan Orlovsky. Started 7 games in the gawd-awful 0-16 season, so hard to beat. Some have worse stats, but lead the team to the worst season in sports history making the team a laughing stock.

2. Joey Harrington. Somehow mananged to start 37 games in a row before mercifully being benched for good by the Greatful Dead's, Jerry Jeff Garcia. In total, lead the team to 18 wins and 37 loses.

3. Charlie Batch. Lions fans had to endure 4 seasons of this experiment. Finally lost his job after going 0-9 in 2001.

4. Jeff Komlo. The 1979 season was lost from my memory, but this guy started all 16 games. He managed to throw to throw 28 TD and 12 int. Oh wait, it was 12 TDs and 28 int. He was later featured on America's Most Wanted for being on the run from a couple of DUI convictions, and suspected in an assault and also an arson incident, so he has that going for him.

5. Rodney Peete. 5 seasons as the main QB. Really???? Over his career threw 76 TDs, and 92 Ints.

6. Chuck Long. Just terrible NFL QB. Complied a stellar record of 4-17 as a starter. But did have nice hair!

7. Bob Gagliano. Who? I don't know, but he did start 11 games for the Lions over a couple seasons over 30 years ago. 16 TDs, 22 Ints.

8. Rusty Hilger. Shared the starting role with Chuck Long in 1999 before both were booted from the team. Did break over a 50 QB rating for his career (52.8!). Probably could bump him up a few spots, but I like his name.

9. Andre Ware, Great college QB running a run and shoot offense. Not so good in the NFL. 5 TDs, 8 ints.

10. Karl Sweetan. Another great name. Too young to rememeber this guy, but started a total of16 games for the Lions in 66 and 67. Threw 17 TDs and 34 Ints. Have to say the most impressive thing about his NFL carreer is in 19 starts, he managed 3 ties.

I bet if you compiled a list of the top 200 QBs of the Super Bowl era, I am not sure that even one Lion QB would make it. No other franchise can make that claim. Last season, Stafford was the first pro-bowler QB for the Lions since Laundry in 1971. None have ever been All-Pro unless you go back to pre-SB era and Bobby Lane in 1956.

Joey was awful, but even he wasn't bad enough to pull off the numbers you are crediting him for.

I was a bit surprised Joey actually started that many games, but that is what he did for the Lions. Over his whole career he was an impressive 26-50 as a starter. I just extracted his record as a Lions. I did not recall him being the main dude in Detroit for that long. It is amazing how long Detroit sticks with their terrible QBs. There are lots of teams who have had terrible QB's, but only in Detroit do they have a legnthy career.

 

[Ilov80s]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Oh, we are talking real NFL, not fantasy. I am a Lions fan, so it is pretty much a pick em. But let's list some

1, Dan Orlovsky. Started 7 games in the gawd-awful 0-16 season, so hard to beat. Some have worse stats, but lead the team to the worst season in sports history making the team a laughing stock.

2. Joey Harrington. Somehow mananged to start 37 games in a row before mercifully being benched for good by the Greatful Dead's, Jerry Jeff Garcia. In total, lead the team to 18 wins and 37 loses.

3. Charlie Batch. Lions fans had to endure 4 seasons of this experiment. Finally lost his job after going 0-9 in 2001.

4. Jeff Komlo. The 1979 season was lost from my memory, but this guy started all 16 games. He managed to throw to throw 28 TD and 12 int. Oh wait, it was 12 TDs and 28 int. He was later featured on America's Most Wanted for being on the run from a couple of DUI convictions, and suspected in an assault and also an arson incident, so he has that going for him.

5. Rodney Peete. 5 seasons as the main QB. Really???? Over his career threw 76 TDs, and 92 Ints.

6. Chuck Long. Just terrible NFL QB. Complied a stellar record of 4-17 as a starter. But did have nice hair!

7. Bob Gagliano. Who? I don't know, but he did start 11 games for the Lions over a couple seasons over 30 years ago. 16 TDs, 22 Ints.

8. Rusty Hilger. Shared the starting role with Chuck Long in 1999 before both were booted from the team. Did break over a 50 QB rating for his career (52.8!). Probably could bump him up a few spots, but I like his name.

9. Andre Ware, Great college QB running a run and shoot offense. Not so good in the NFL. 5 TDs, 8 ints.

10. Karl Sweetan. Another great name. Too young to rememeber this guy, but started a total of16 games for the Lions in 66 and 67. Threw 17 TDs and 34 Ints. Have to say the most impressive thing about his NFL carreer is in 19 starts, he managed 3 ties.

I bet if you compiled a list of the top 200 QBs of the Super Bowl era, I am not sure that even one Lion QB would make it. No other franchise can make that claim. Last season, Stafford was the first pro-bowler QB for the Lions since Laundry in 1971. None have ever been All-Pro unless you go back to pre-SB era and Bobby Lane in 1956.

Joey was awful, but even he wasn't bad enough to pull off the numbers you are crediting him for.

I was a bit surprised Joey actually started that many games, but that is what he did for the Lions. Over his whole career he was an impressive 26-50 as a starter. I just extracted his record as a Lions. I did not recall him being the main dude in Detroit for that long. It is amazing how long Detroit sticks with their terrible QBs. There are lots of teams who have had terrible QB's, but only in Detroit do they have a legnthy career.

My bad, I misread it. You said he started 37 games in a row. I missed the in a row part.

 

[Jayded]

David Carr. Everyone always notes that the Texans' lines ruined him but the fans saw him as a sunk cost years before management did. He ended up only winning 22 games in his five years.

 

[Jack White]

As a Bears fan, I can't possibly pick just one.

 

[IgglesFan]

Requiring 5 starts, it would have to be Koy Detmer for me and the Eagles, although there have probably been worse at some point before I was paying attention

Bobby Hoying still makes me throw up in my mouth.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Oh, we are talking real NFL, not fantasy. I am a Lions fan, so it is pretty much a pick em. But let's list some

1, Dan Orlovsky. Started 7 games in the gawd-awful 0-16 season, so hard to beat. Some have worse stats, but lead the team to the worst season in sports history making the team a laughing stock.

2. Joey Harrington. Somehow mananged to start 37 games in a row before mercifully being benched for good by the Greatful Dead's, Jerry Jeff Garcia. In total, lead the team to 18 wins and 37 loses.

3. Charlie Batch. Lions fans had to endure 4 seasons of this experiment. Finally lost his job after going 0-9 in 2001.

4. Jeff Komlo. The 1979 season was lost from my memory, but this guy started all 16 games. He managed to throw to throw 28 TD and 12 int. Oh wait, it was 12 TDs and 28 int. He was later featured on America's Most Wanted for being on the run from a couple of DUI convictions, and suspected in an assault and also an arson incident, so he has that going for him.

5. Rodney Peete. 5 seasons as the main QB. Really???? Over his career threw 76 TDs, and 92 Ints.

6. Chuck Long. Just terrible NFL QB. Complied a stellar record of 4-17 as a starter. But did have nice hair!

7. Bob Gagliano. Who? I don't know, but he did start 11 games for the Lions over a couple seasons over 30 years ago. 16 TDs, 22 Ints.

8. Rusty Hilger. Shared the starting role with Chuck Long in 1999 before both were booted from the team. Did break over a 50 QB rating for his career (52.8!). Probably could bump him up a few spots, but I like his name.

9. Andre Ware, Great college QB running a run and shoot offense. Not so good in the NFL. 5 TDs, 8 ints.

10. Karl Sweetan. Another great name. Too young to rememeber this guy, but started a total of16 games for the Lions in 66 and 67. Threw 17 TDs and 34 Ints. Have to say the most impressive thing about his NFL carreer is in 19 starts, he managed 3 ties.

I bet if you compiled a list of the top 200 QBs of the Super Bowl era, I am not sure that even one Lion QB would make it. No other franchise can make that claim. Last season, Stafford was the first pro-bowler QB for the Lions since Laundry in 1971. None have ever been All-Pro unless you go back to pre-SB era and Bobby Lane in 1956.

I know we're coming up on 60 years, but you should be able to spell a HoFers name correctly.

Sweetan played for three teams over five years. He once tried to sell his playbook to another team after getting cut.

When Komlo was killed in a 2009 auto accident, PA law enforcement initially questioned whether he might have faked his own death to avoid the charges.

Harrington, Long and Ware are among the worst QB busts in NFL history. It's a probably a ####### miracle Stafford is slightly above average.

 

[Snoopy]

Anthony Dilweg

Randy Wright

Jerry Tagge

 

[Nero]

Not my team, but the worst quarterbacking I've seen was Ryan Lindley. Not surprisingly, the stats are horrible. In 2012, he went 1-3 with 0 TD and 7 Int. In three of the four starts Arizona had under 200 yards total offense. He got two more starts in 2014 and was slightly better, 2 TD and 4 Int.

 

[mr roboto]

Not my team, but the worst quarterbacking I've seen was Ryan Lindley. Not surprisingly, the stats are horrible. In 2012, he went 1-3 with 0 TD and 7 Int. In three of the four starts Arizona had under 200 yards total offense. He got two more starts in 2014 and was slightly better, 2 TD and 4 Int.

Freeman, Vikings, 2013, MNF says hi.

 

[Valjean]

As a long suffering Jets fan I think I win this one.

With his first Shark Pool post Valjean selects...

... University of Louisville QB, Browning Nagle.

/End of thread

 

[Shrek]

You could make the argument that Rick Mirer was the worst QB to play for every team that he was on.

 

[Adam Harstad]

Tebow.

C'mon. He won a playoff game for you. Look up Mickey Slaughter and get back to me.

Yeah, lots of good choices from the pre-1977 Era of Sadness. Unfortunately, George Herring didn't meet the 5-start cutoff, though he played extensively in a lot more than 5 games, so I feel like he should sort of count. He was Denver's full-time punter in 1960 and 1961 until Denver started giving him a bit more of a shot at QB because their regular starter, Frank Tripucka, was sucking so much. He managed to finish the year with 211 pass attempts.

It'd be tempting to say that the guy who lost his job to the punter was the worst QB in Denver history, but Tripucka was alright. His 34 interceptions in 1960 are still the third-highest single-season total in history, (though nowhere near Blanda's record of 42), but Tripucka made the pro bowl the 1962. The punter, though? 5 TDs, 22 INTs, 5.5 ypa, 30.0 passer rating. Including three straight starts to end the season where he had 327 yards, 2 TDs, and 11 INTs.

Since the punter's not eligible, and Danny Kanell's not eligible, let's go with Matt Robinson for playing in 1980 and putting up a stat line straight out of the '60s. 2 touchdowns vs. 12 interceptions, about 115 yards per start, sub-40 passer rating. His Adjusted Net Yards Per Attempt, (which factors in sacks, touchdowns, and interceptions), was three standard deviations below league average. That's... sub-optimal.

Tebow, for comparison, had an Adjusted Net Yards Per Attempt that was just barely below league average for his career, (thanks in large part to his sparkling 17:9 TD:INT ratio), and Teebs added 12 more touchdowns on the ground, along with a boatload of rushing attempts at 5+ yards per pop. Tebow was a sideshow, but he doesn't belong anywhere near a list of historic awfulness.

Edit: Robinson's passer rating was 39.7. If every single pass you throw falls incomplete, your passer rating is 39.6. Just for comparison. Herring's lifetime passer rating was 29.3.

 

[Road Warriors]

NE had a horrific stretch in the late 80s to early 90s, from the end of Berry to Rod Rust to **** McPherson ( the dark ages ended by Savior Bill Parcells ).

The QBs during that stretch were among the worst I recall seeing. It's really hard to pick just 1.

110 year old Steve Grogan ( who I loved as a kid - one tough SOB and in no way the worst QB for the Pats )

Marc Wilson

Hugh Millen

Tom Hodson

Scott Zolak

Jeff Carlson*

Scott Secules*

* Carlson only started 2 and Secules only 4, but I wanted to give a taste of how awesome those years were.

From ( admittedly hazy ) memory, I'd have to select Wilson or Millen as the worst of the crew.

 

[Adam Harstad]

Not my team, but the worst quarterbacking I've seen was Ryan Lindley. Not surprisingly, the stats are horrible. In 2012, he went 1-3 with 0 TD and 7 Int. In three of the four starts Arizona had under 200 yards total offense. He got two more starts in 2014 and was slightly better, 2 TD and 4 Int.

Freeman, Vikings, 2013, MNF says hi.

Freeman was starting for a team that had just added him days earlier. And he was decent at times for Tampa Bay. I'm going to agree that Ryan Lindley is the worst quarterback I have ever personally seen. (With the caveat that Max Hall would easily top him if he'd reached the 5-game minimum.) Max Hall was basically Ryan Lindley with double the sack rate. Hall's career Adjusted Net Yards Per Attempt was 0.33, which is getting very close to "the offense would have been better off just taking a knee on every snap" territory.

Hall was one of the very rare players who managed to be four standard deviations below league average in both sack% and INT%. Perhaps the only one- certainly the only one I know of.

 

[jon_mx]

I know we're coming up on 60 years, but you should be able to spell a HoFers name correctly.

Sweetan played for three teams over five years. He once tried to sell his playbook to another team after getting cut.

When Komlo was killed in a 2009 auto accident, PA law enforcement initially questioned whether he might have faked his own death to avoid the charges.

Harrington, Long and Ware are among the worst QB busts in NFL history. It's a probably a ####### miracle Stafford is slightly above average.

Are you kidding, and pass up an opportunity to be corrected by the Bobby Layne!

 

[cr8f]

Favre early in his career.

 

[cr8f]

List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a passer rating of zerosome HOF'ers in there too.

 

[Abrantes]

If it were a four-game cutoff, Keith Null might have taken the cake for the Rams.

 

[fantasy stud]

Requiring 5 starts, it would have to be Koy Detmer for me and the Eagles, although there have probably been worse at some point before I was paying attention

Any number of QBs from the dreadful late 60s/early 70s teams were worse than Detmer. A good example is John Reaves, who started 7 games in 1972 and lost them all, with 7 TD, 12 INT, a completion percentage of 48.2% and a rating of 58.4.

For the Eagles, there has to be a mention of that 1991 season. Jeff kemp and brad goebel both made 2 starts each after Cunningham and McMahon went down. Pretty ugly stuff. They still 10-6. One of those teams that could of won a super bowl with an adequate offense

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Requiring 5 starts, it would have to be Koy Detmer for me and the Eagles, although there have probably been worse at some point before I was paying attention

Any number of QBs from the dreadful late 60s/early 70s teams were worse than Detmer. A good example is John Reaves, who started 7 games in 1972 and lost them all, with 7 TD, 12 INT, a completion percentage of 48.2% and a rating of 58.4.

For the Eagles, there has to be a mention of that 1991 season. Jeff kemp and brad goebel both made 2 starts each after Cunningham and McMahon went down. Pretty ugly stuff. They still 10-6. One of those teams that could of won a super bowl with an adequate offense

Doug Pedersen in 1999 (and Hoying in 98 as mentioned earlier) also have to be in the Eagles discussion.

 

[valhallan]

Heath Shuler was pretty horrific in his 3 years in DC.

I'll take Hearh Shuler for the Saints as well. Danny Wuerffel is right there with him though.

My first thought was one of the Billy Joes, but wow, Shuler's numbers were atrocious. Man, those Ditka years

 

[TheFly06]

1. Matt Schaub - the 2013 version

2. David Carr

3. Case Keenum

 

[Insein]

Eagles has to be Mike McMahon. As bad as Pederson was, we knew what we got with him. McMahon made 7 starts went 2-5 with 44% completion pct, 1100 yds and 5tds, 8 ints.

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

Started Orten up until he lost the job to Tebow. May have had Orton the year before when he was in Chicago. Have been running Brees since then (Orton was my only QB and drove a massive trade), not sure if it was an over-reaction to Orton, or just lucky auctioning since then.

Your "NFL" team, pal. Not fantasy.

Yeah, drunken posting isn't ideal. I'd have to say of the ones I've seen play, Tavaris Jackson. There was never a point where I watched him and said to myself that he was going to be great. There were times where Ponder looked good, or maybe just decent. And while they played for us, Salisbury, Wilson, & Gannon years, they weren't complete trash. Culpepper looked good at one point. We've had a lot of great veteran QBs that we grabbed at the end of their careers that played well here. And most of our bad QBs have gone on to have relatively decent careers as backups.

 

[jon_mx]

Eagles has to be Mike McMahon. As bad as Pederson was, we knew what we got with him. McMahon made 7 starts went 2-5 with 44% completion pct, 1100 yds and 5tds, 8 ints.

Yeah, the Lions had the gem for 4 years. Was 1-6, but did not make the top 10 of Lions worst QBs, only because his body of work was so small compared to others. But his piss poor numbers probably did merit it.

 

[Donnybrook]

I was thinking of Brooks Bollinger but he only started 1 game for the Vikings but he did start multiple games for the Jets. Brad Childress might be the worst QB evaluator ever.