Impatient NFL Franchises Must Start Developing Quarterbacks Again

February 24, 2015   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments

They used to say if you have two quarterbacks, you don't have one. Now, if you don't have one quarterback, you're fired.
Gil Brandt of NFL.com's list of the top three draft needs for all 32 teams cites a quarterback for eight franchises. He didn't include the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles in that discussion, but those clubs clearly don't have long-term answers at quarterback. By consensus there are only two prospects in this draft good enough to step in and start, Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, and there are 10 teams who'd love to get a crack at them.
Where are the rest of those players going to come from?
The NFL is a quarterback's league. I've written that before, but it's becoming more apparent every year. Teams are more often spreading the field with multiple receivers, using shotgun snaps and calling pass plays than they did even five years ago, let alone 10 or 20.
Every time a team with a quality quarterback asks him to throw, it's pressing...

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