I don’t agree with him. If you want to examine how qbs are acquired, you need to also look at free agency and trades.
For example, Manning may have been picked in the first round, but that’s not how Denver acquired him.
It looks different if you factor in how teams acquire qbs. So I am counting free agency and trades.
I only count starters as of this week.
High 1st round pick (10 and above): Tannenhill, Luck, Locker, Rivers, Eli, Griffin3, Stafford, Newton, Ryan
Lower 1st round pick:Roethlisberger,Rodgers,Flacco, Manuel,
2nd: G.Smith, Dalton, Carr, Kaepernick
3rd round: Foles, Wilson
4th-7th round: Brady
UDFA: Romo
Free agency: Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Henne, Cassel, Brees, McCown,Hill,Manning
Trade: A.Smith, Cutler, Palmer
13 in the first round (high and low combined).
11 in free agency or trades
Or further divided:
9 high in the 1st round
10 lower in round 1 + rounds 2 and 3
11 in free agency or trades
It all depends on how you want to count it.
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