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  • Or better yet..average games played.

    This could be one of the youngest/least experienced year of starting qbs in the modern era.

    Some of our fact checker guys should look into that.

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  • It is quite a mix from the old, old to the new kids on the block the NFL is kind of hard up looking for starting quarterbacks -and- a few big names are near ready to retire......let's see if there are decent 2018 numbers out there....yet.

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  • https://www.milehighreport.com/2018/9/3/17799752/aged-nfl-quarterback

    The 2018 NFL draft saw four quarterbacks taken in the first 10 picks: Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Josh Rosen. Lamar Jackson was taken with the last pick of the first round to make a grad total of five quarterbacks taken in the first round, which is fairly high number. We haven’t seen five quarterbacks taken in the first round since 1999 when Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith, Dante Culpepper and Cade McNown were all taken in the first 12 picks.

    As of right now, none of the first round quarterbacks drafted in 2018 are listed as the starting quarterback for their respective teams. That may change quickly once the games matter, but no team is beginning the season with a rookie as their starting quarterback this year (note that this may change while I am writing this).

    If you look at the actual age of the current QB1 for every team and average them you find that the average age of the starting quarterbacks in the NFL right now is 30.3 years old. See the table below (the shorthand after the name is how the quarterback was acquired with 18/1 meaning 2018 first round pick - data is from www.ourlads.com)

    Team QB1 Age
    NE BRADY, TOM 00/6 41.1
    NO BREES, DREW U/SD 39.6
    NYJ MCCOWN, JOSH SF17 39.2
    NYG MANNING, ELI T/SD 37.7
    LAC RIVERS, PHILIP T/NYG 36.7
    PIT ROETHLISBERGER, BEN 04/1 36.5
    GNB RODGERS, AARON 05/1 34.7
    WAS SMITH, ALEX T/KC 34.3
    BAL FLACCO, JOE 08/1 33.6
    ATL RYAN, MATT 08/1 33.3
    CIN DALTON, ANDY 11/2 30.8
    AZ BRADFORD, SAM U/Min 30.8
    DET STAFFORD, MATTHEW 09/1 30.6
    DEN KEENUM, CASE U/Min 30.5
    MIA TANNEHILL, RYAN 12/1 30.1
    MIN COUSINS, KIRK U/Was 30.0
    SEA Wilson, Russell 12/3 29.8
    CAR Newton, Cam 11/1 29.3
    CLE Taylor, Tyrod T/Buf 29.1
    IND Luck, Andrew 12/1 29.0
    BUF McCarron, AJ U/Cin 28.0
    OAK Carr, Derek 14/2 27.4
    SF Garoppolo, Jimmy T/NE 26.8
    JAX Bortles, Blake 14/1 26.3
    PHL Wentz, Carson 16/1 25.7
    DAL Prescott, Dak 16/4 25.1
    HOU Mariota, Marcus 15/1 24.8
    TB Winston, Jameis SUS/3 24.6
    CHI Trubisky, Mitch 17/1 24.0
    LAR Goff, Jared 16/1 23.9
    HOU Watson, Deshaun 17/1 23.0
    KC Mahomes II, Patrick 17/1 23.0

    There will be 16 starting quarterbacks 30 or older and 16 under the age of 30. Now if we swap out the four guys who are likely to lose their jobs to the four quarterbacks taken in the first 12 picks of the 2018 draft that average age goes down some, but not by much. The average age then goes to 29.1.

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  • Second year Nate Peterman named starter for Buffalo. 

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    Second year Nate Peterman named starter for Buffalo. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Second year Nate Peterman named starter for Buffalo. 

    Going to be a lo-o-o-o-ong season in BUF...

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  • Must just be my perspective and old age..

    Get off my lawn!!!  Lol

  • KvoetheK Kvoethe

    Must just be my perspective and old age..

    Get off my lawn!!!  Lol

    @kvoethe said:

    Must just be my perspective and old age..

    Get off my lawn!!!  Lol

    Get off my post dammit!  Oh excuse me just had a senior moment......

    And if you're one of those weird stat junkies here's some more numbers of the old time greats and current geezers, one conclusion 38-40 is the wall for even them:

    Screenshot_2018-09-03-11-40-34.png

    Screenshot_2018-09-03-11-40-22.png

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  • KvoetheK Kvoethe

    Or better yet..average games played.

    This could be one of the youngest/least experienced year of starting qbs in the modern era.

    Some of our fact checker guys should look into that.

    @kvoethe said:

    Or better yet..average games played.

    This could be one of the youngest/least experienced year of starting qbs in the modern era.

    Some of our fact checker guys should look into that.

    Interesting the median age for starting QBs is around 30 too.

    mjp28M 1 Reply
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @dutch-oven said:

    Second year Nate Peterman named starter for Buffalo. 

    Going to be a lo-o-o-o-ong season in BUF...

    @tour2ma said:

    Going to be a lo-o-o-o-ong season in BUF...

    It feels like they are beginning a 2016/17 Browns tank job. 

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @tour2ma said:

    Going to be a lo-o-o-o-ong season in BUF...

    It feels like they are beginning a 2016/17 Browns tank job. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    It feels like they are beginning a 2016/17 Browns tank job. 

    How long until Josh Allen is the starter? Peterman stinks.

  • hoortaH hoorta

    @dutch-oven said:

    It feels like they are beginning a 2016/17 Browns tank job. 

    How long until Josh Allen is the starter? Peterman stinks.

    @hoorta said:

    How long until Josh Allen is the starter? Peterman stinks.

    Not long, methinks. 

    Josh Allen needed to go to a team with an established vet QB to keep him off the field as long as possible. 

    Instead, he's got Peterman. 

    Tour2maT T 2 Replies
  • hoortaH hoorta

    @kvoethe said:

    Or better yet..average games played.

    This could be one of the youngest/least experienced year of starting qbs in the modern era.

    Some of our fact checker guys should look into that.

    Interesting the median age for starting QBs is around 30 too.

    @hoorta said:

    Interesting the median age for starting QBs is around 30 too.

    And Tyrod is 29.1 right there for a few years if need be, Mayfield just waiting for the proper time to get in the contest.

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  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @hoorta said:

    How long until Josh Allen is the starter? Peterman stinks.

    Not long, methinks. 

    Josh Allen needed to go to a team with an established vet QB to keep him off the field as long as possible. 

    Instead, he's got Peterman. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Josh Allen needed to go to a team with an established vet QB to keep him off the field as long as possible.

    OMG! You know what that means...

    Allen is White Kizer...

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    😂
  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @hoorta said:

    How long until Josh Allen is the starter? Peterman stinks.

    Not long, methinks. 

    Josh Allen needed to go to a team with an established vet QB to keep him off the field as long as possible. 

    Instead, he's got Peterman. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Not long, methinks. 

    Josh Allen needed to go to a team with an established vet QB to keep him off the field as long as possible. 

    Instead, he's got Peterman. 

    Peterman turns over the reins.  ?

    😂
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