oldhawkfan
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We are just over a week away from the 2023 NFL draft. Like most of you, I've looked at mock drafts, fantasized about potential picks and gone back and forth on who I think the Seahawks should take. This is going to be a fun draft. Going into this draft they hold the #5 and #20 picks in the first round. As we have seen from this management team, they could do just about anything with these picks. They could keep them to pick guys they like or they could trade one or both and move up or down. As I have looked at this particular draft, I have seen and heard many of the arguments for drafting a QB based on this years draft position. I've been fairly lukewarm to that thought. Mostly. Being the Seahawks fan I am, my opinion on this might be more biased than I thought. The best QB this team has ever had was Russell Wilson and he was drafted in the 3rd round. Another famous 3rd round QB is Joe Montana. Tom Brady was a 6th rounder. Matt Hasselbeck was originally a 6th rounder and they traded with GB for him. So at first thought, a QB can be had pretty much anywhere. No need to spend a high first or even a first for one.
I did a little research to see how other teams have done. I googled best QBs for each team. The list I found was pretty informative. It had the Sid Luckmans and Sammy Baughs. I have been following the draft and NFL for over 50 years. I tweaked their list a bit to just include the QBs that I have actually seen play. So here is my list. I have them listed by team, round drafted and overall draft position.
Cardinals-Jim Hart- undrafted
Falcons-Matt Ryan-1, 3
Baltimore-Lamar Jackson-1, 32
Buffalo-Jim Kelley-1, 14
Carolina-Cam Newton-1, 1
Cincinnati-Ken Anderson-3, 67 (Burrow will most likely supplant Anderson eventually)
Chicago-Jim McMahon-1, 5
Browns-Bernie Kosar(?)-supplemental draft
Dallas-Troy Aikman-1,1
Denver -John Elway-1,1
Detroit-Matt Stafford-1, 1
GB-Brett Favre-2, 33
Houston-Deshaun Watson-1,12
Colts-Peyton Manning-1,1
Chiefs Pat Mahomes-1, 10
Chargers-Dan Fouts-3, 64
Rams-Kurt Warner-undrafted
Jaguars-Mark Brunell-5, 118
Miami-Dan Marino-1, 27
Vikings-Fran Tarkenton-3, 29
NE-Tom Brady-6, 199
NYG-Eli Manning-1, 1
Jets-Joe Namath-1, 12
Raiders-Ken Stabler-2, 52
Eagles-Donovan McNabb-1, 2
SF-Joe Montana-3, 82
Seattle-Russell Wilson-3, 75
Steelers-Terry Bradshaw-1, 1
TB-Doug Williams-1, 17
Titans/Oilers-Warren Moon-undrafted
Washington-Joe Theisman-4, 99
That is 17 first rounders of which 6 were the overall number one pick. That is just over half of all NFL teams with first round QBs as their best ever at the position. This also includes 3 undrafted guys. It actually surprised me how many of these guys were actually first round picks. The list of first round busts is way longer than this list, but I guess your best chances of finding a franchise guy really do happen in round one. The next best round is round 3 with 5 teams finding their overall best guy here. There are only 3 second rounders.
Take this information how you will. For me, I might just put a little more importance on first round QBs. If you select the correct one. Whoever that is?!
I did a little research to see how other teams have done. I googled best QBs for each team. The list I found was pretty informative. It had the Sid Luckmans and Sammy Baughs. I have been following the draft and NFL for over 50 years. I tweaked their list a bit to just include the QBs that I have actually seen play. So here is my list. I have them listed by team, round drafted and overall draft position.
Cardinals-Jim Hart- undrafted
Falcons-Matt Ryan-1, 3
Baltimore-Lamar Jackson-1, 32
Buffalo-Jim Kelley-1, 14
Carolina-Cam Newton-1, 1
Cincinnati-Ken Anderson-3, 67 (Burrow will most likely supplant Anderson eventually)
Chicago-Jim McMahon-1, 5
Browns-Bernie Kosar(?)-supplemental draft
Dallas-Troy Aikman-1,1
Denver -John Elway-1,1
Detroit-Matt Stafford-1, 1
GB-Brett Favre-2, 33
Houston-Deshaun Watson-1,12
Colts-Peyton Manning-1,1
Chiefs Pat Mahomes-1, 10
Chargers-Dan Fouts-3, 64
Rams-Kurt Warner-undrafted
Jaguars-Mark Brunell-5, 118
Miami-Dan Marino-1, 27
Vikings-Fran Tarkenton-3, 29
NE-Tom Brady-6, 199
NYG-Eli Manning-1, 1
Jets-Joe Namath-1, 12
Raiders-Ken Stabler-2, 52
Eagles-Donovan McNabb-1, 2
SF-Joe Montana-3, 82
Seattle-Russell Wilson-3, 75
Steelers-Terry Bradshaw-1, 1
TB-Doug Williams-1, 17
Titans/Oilers-Warren Moon-undrafted
Washington-Joe Theisman-4, 99
That is 17 first rounders of which 6 were the overall number one pick. That is just over half of all NFL teams with first round QBs as their best ever at the position. This also includes 3 undrafted guys. It actually surprised me how many of these guys were actually first round picks. The list of first round busts is way longer than this list, but I guess your best chances of finding a franchise guy really do happen in round one. The next best round is round 3 with 5 teams finding their overall best guy here. There are only 3 second rounders.
Take this information how you will. For me, I might just put a little more importance on first round QBs. If you select the correct one. Whoever that is?!