First two quarterbacks drafted by year - rank 'em

Don't they already have more titles? Isn't it like 4-2 right now and they are still at their prime? They may not get to the total Super Bowls, though.

 

Yeah, that would be 11 total from the 1983 class. Wait... Elway was 2-3? Right? I guess that's 10...

 

Yeah, 10: Elway 5, Kelly 4, Marino 1.

 

Amazing how many horrendous QB misses there've been.

Is there any other position tougher to project? Tom Brady was the 199th pick, meanwhile guys like Jamarcus Russell, David Carr and Tim Couch were the No. 1 overall pick. Go figure.

 

I don't think it's quite as bad anymore. How many teams have first-rounders as starters?

Stafford
Rodgers
Ponder
Cutler
Smith
Bradford
Palmer
P. Manning
E. Manning
Sanchez
Rivers
Ryan
Flacco
Roethlisberger
Tannehill
Luck
RG3
Weeden
Quinn
Vick
Gabbert

That's 21 and I'm sure I'm forgetting someone... At least another handful are second-rounders...

If you want a starting quarterback, you're going to almost certainly need to use a high pick. Obviously, that's not a guarantee that they're going to be good.

 

i'm not really sure, 'cause if we were to go position by position i'm not sure how often the first two players taken at any of 'em have turned out to be 'great.' the nfl draft as a whole is an incredible crap shoot. but the qb's get the most attention and notoriety 'cause its the most important position and those picked high have so much invested in them. its an intriguing study, really.

 

Gosh, Mizzou, you forgot Newton. Anyway, the list of non-first rounders I came up with.
Brady
Schaub
Skelton
Fitzpatrick
Freeman
Hasselbeck
Romo
Wilson

 

You forgot the best one: Drew Brees was a second rounder.

 

You're excluding Cam Newton and Josh Freeman, at least. So that bumps your list to 23, which makes sense because Michael_Gee's list is eight but he forgot Drew Brees, as Stoney notes.

 

And picking Culpepper over Brees

 

BTW, I'd say categorizing Quinn as a starter might be bit of a stretch. I think I'll wait to see if he can hold the job for more than one week, considering he hasn't been able to hold it anywhere else he's been.

The guy who's been the Chiefs starter up until this point, Matt Cassell, was a 7th round pick. Wouldn't be surprised if he's back in the starting role soon.

 

Freeman was a first-rounder.