Of all 32 #NFL starting QBs: 17 were first-round picks

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  • September 3, 2014 at 12:16 am #5913
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    Adam Caplan @caplannfl

    Of all 32 #NFL starting QBs: 17 were first-round picks. 7 were first overall.

    6 starting QBs were selected in the 6th round or later: Brady, Hoyer, Romo, Fitzpatrick, S. Hill. Cassel.

    17 of this year’s Week 1 starters are younger than 30.

    September 3, 2014 at 12:37 am #5914
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    So, the moral of the story is get your QB in the 1st round or get ’em late and develop them?

    Good to know…

    Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.

    September 3, 2014 at 12:42 am #5915
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    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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    September 3, 2014 at 12:47 am #5917
    Mackeyser
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    I was just funnin’ with ya. I knew it wasn’t that cut and dried…

    Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.

    September 3, 2014 at 8:54 am #5932
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    Mackeyser wrote:

    I was just funnin’ with ya. I knew it wasn’t that cut and dried…

    Actually I posted my thing without being aware of your response. I was just responding to Caplan. It took time to write and then when I posted, there you were.

    All of which is beside the point.

    Cause, we crossed the line, unintentionally or not.

    Yes. Tragically, and like it or not…

    it’s a board war.

    g

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