The 2019 Opening Day NFL Quarterback Rankings

Let’s rank all 32 NFL starters, from mAhomes to fitZpatrick…

NO POSITION IN ALL OF SPORTS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUARTERBACK. The 2019 NFL season is off and running, and while so much has changed, much remains the same, as 25 of last year’s 32 Opening Day quarterbacks begin the year as starter again. No player can make or break their team quite as much as a quarterback.

I was pretty optimistic on Patrick Mahomes heading into last season. I even ranked him #15 to start the year and thought I was being pretty generous. Had him right behind Tyrod Taylor. Oops. Quarterbacks can rise and fall quickly, though the names at the very top have been there for years.

I did this year’s rankings before Opening Day and I’m sticking with my order regardless of Week 1 recency bias. The premise is simple enough. There are 32 Opening Day NFL starters. Let’s rank them 32 to 1 on which guy you’d want leading your team this season.

If you’re curious, here were my rankings last year on Opening Day, and here’s the stretch run update I posted in late November…

Only a Harvard graduate would get this many second and third chances. How is Ryan Fitzpatrick still starting NFL games? Do you realize this guy has made 126 career starts? He is top 10 among active players with 29,357 yards passing. How did we let Ryan Fitzpatrick throw for 29 thousand yards?

FitzMagic has 10 seasons with 7+ starts and only one winning season. Fitzpatrick is top 50 all time in passing yards. How?! He has more career yards than Terry Bradshaw, Ken Stabler, Bart Starr, and Joe Namath. Sad.

There’s a lot of Ewing Theory talk around the Colts, and it just doesn’t make much sense. No position in sports is more important than quarterback, and you don’t just replace a top-10 guy on track for the Hall of Fame and with a career backup and call it even.

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