Having a few beers on Saturday me and a mate (Seahawks fan) were debating the Gronk requirement and the phrase “Hall of fame worth career”. We had different opinions on that (I think he’s HOF possible) (“FUCKING POSSIBLE” – Publisher) so decided to go through and rank the starting QB’s (as of that evening so ignoring the draft but with FA) in a simple scale on the back of a few beermats – I thought I’d type it down for a discussion… You may notice it gets a bit more random as we go further down the list!
HOF worthy (first ballot)————————-
Tom Brady (NEP) – probably got enough rings
Drew Brees (NOS) – deserves another ring
Aaron Rodgers (GB) – could do with another ring
HOF possible————
Eli Manning (NYG) – for beating brady twice
HOF outside bet—————
Ben Rothlisberger (PIT) – Won a SB early, but has fallen in the playoffs too often
Phillip Rivers (LAC) – consistent but needs a ring
The potential is there———————-
Russel Wilson (SEA) – one man team at times
Too early to tell but looking good———————————-
Patrick Mahomes (1 season wonder!)) (KC) – give it 5 more years like this and he’s in
Will have a nice career but no HOF———————————-
Matt Ryan (ATL) – good, but not good enough
Andrew Luck (IND) – needs a few more good seasons
Cam Newton (CAR) – running QB model
Deshawn Watson (HOU) – not come on enough – takes too many sacks
Jared Goff (LAR) – very good game manager
Andy Dalton (CIN) – becuase we couldnt work out where to put him and didn’t want to make another catagory
Getting or got paid, but meh—————————-
Jimmy Garapollo (SFO) – Not the second coming of Tom Brady
Kirk Cousins (MIN) – way over payed
Nick Foles (JAX) – feel good story, average starter
Matt Stafford (DET) – toiling away in Detroit
Joe Flacco (DEN) – 1 great postseason but never more than just above average
Derek Carr (OAK) – once the highest paid QB in the league – Imagine that!
Too early to tell—————–
Baker Mayfield (CLE) – All the toys to play with
Josh Allen (BUF) – needs all the toys
Sam Darnold (NYJ) – got a spanky new RB
Carson Wentz (PHI) – needs to not be injured. Overlooked because of Foles
Lamar Jackson (BAL) – needs to throw the ball
Mitch Trubisky (CHI) – took us two pints to remember who was the Bears starter
Probably shouldn’t be starting——————————
Marcus Mariota (TEN) – marginally better than Winston but game manager at best
Jameis Winston (TBB) – dickhead
Dont have a starter——————-
Case Keenum (WAS) – backup, backup, backup, good season, not a starter, not a starter
Status: Uncertain—————–
Josh Rosen (ARZ) – 1st round pick, buried, getting traded, by some accounts arrogant sh!t. May never start full time again. (Bills, Jets, Browns dodged a bullet)
Just in it for the lols———————–Fitzmagic (MIA) – 500 yards and 6 picks per game but its all fun!