drafting QBs in the bad years - the results

[dave mcbride]

Looking back in time to what I'll term football's lost half-decade with regard to the QB position (2006-2010), the percentage of people who fail at the position is really sobering. 25 QBs were drafted in the first three rounds over this five-year period, and only three panned out: Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, and to a lesser extent Joe Flacco. 22 out of 25 (88 percent) can only be considered outright busts or at best disappointments (Cutler and Bradford are in the latter category; the rest are all failures).  Of the seven drafted in the top 10, two are franchise QBs, 1 is a disappointment, and 4 are busts. The only franchise QB drafted outside the top 10 is Flacco, and he's really only a quasi-franchise QB. 

 

2006:

1 - Vince Young

1 - Matt Leinart

1 - Cutler

2 - Kellen Clemens

2 - Tarvaris Jackson

3 - Charlie Whitehurst

3 - Brodie Croyle

 

2007:

1 - Jamarcus Russell

1 - Brady Quinn

2 - Kevin Kolb

2 - John Beck

2 - Drew Stanton

3 - Trent Edwards

 

2008:

1 - Matt Ryan

1 - Joe Flacco

2 - Brian Brohm

2 - Chad Henne

3 - Kevin O'Connell

 

2009: 

1 - Matthew Stafford

1 - Mark Sanchez

2 - Pat White

 

2010: 

1 - Sam Bradford

1 - Tim Tebow

2 - Jimmy Clausen

3 - Colt McCoy

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2018 by dave mcbride