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Matching Top Available NFL Quarterbacks to QB Needy Teams

March 26, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The most important position on the football field: the quarterback.
This is the position that separates the champions from the runner-ups. Just look at the past five Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks: Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco and Eli Manning. They are all some of the best we've seen at the position in recent memory, have pedigree and are talented (although Peyton was ready to turn out the lights).
Even the teams that have pretty good quarterbacks can't get over the hump. For example, Andy Dalton, Teddy Bridgewater, Matthew Stafford and Andrew Luck.
Hell, teams are so desperate to get a pulse at the position, that they're willing to pay a guy $18 million a year for five career wins. See Osweiler, Brock.
So, you get it; a team needs a top-shelf quarterback to win it all (or a 2016 Denver Broncos, 2000 Ravens or 1985 Bears defense).
What's left out there isn't exactly delectable, but they may be put in a position as a bridge quarterback,...

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