Where to get a Quarterback
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Where do most NFL teams get their starting Quarterbacks? The following is a list of the probable starting QBs for each NFL team in 2010 and how they were acquired to the best of my knowledge. Certainly some of these guys may indeed NOT end up being the starting QB for their team next year, but this is my best assumption on the starters:
Cardinals: Matt Leinert 1st round draft pick
Falcons: Matt Ryan 1st round draft pick
Ravens: Joe Flacco 1st round draft pick
Bills: Ryan Fitzpatrick Free agent pickup, originally 7th round pick by Rams
Panthers: Jake Delhomme Free agent pickup, undrafted free agent, spent 2 years with Saints
Bears: Jay Cutler obtained in trade with Denver, 1st round draft pick of Broncos
Bengals: Carson Palmer 1st round draft pick
Browns: Brady Quinn 1st round draft pick (for this purpose, I am making this assumption)
Cowboys: Tony Romo undrafted free agent
Broncos: Kyle Orton obtained in trade with Chicago, original 4th round pick of Bears
Lions: Matt Stafford 1st round draft pick
Packers: Aaron Rodgers 1st round draft pick
Texans: Matt Schaub obtained in trade with Atlanta, original 3rd round pick of Falcons
Colts: Peyton Manning 1st round draft pick
Jaguars: David Garrard 4th round draft pick
Chiefs: Matt Cassell Free agent pickup, original 7th round pick of Pats
Dolphins: Chad Henne 2d round pick
Vikings: Brett Favre, Free agent pickup, original 2d round pick of Falcons
Patriots: Tom Brady 6th round draft pick
Saints: Drew Brees: Free agent pickup, original 2d round pick of Chargers
Giants: Eli Manning 1st round draft pick (in switch of draft picks with Chargers)
Jets: Mark Sanchez 1st round draft pick
Raiders: Jamarcus Russell 1st round draft pick
Eagles: Donovan McNabb 1st round draft pick
Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger 1st round draft pick
Chargers: Philip Rivers 1st round draft pick (in switch of picks with Giants)
49ers: Alex Smith 1st round draft pick
Seahawks: Matt Hasselbeck obtained in trade with Green Bay, original 6th round pick of Packers
Rams: Mark Bulger Free agent pickup, originally 6th round pick of Saints
Bucs: Josh Freeman 1st round draft pick
Titans: Vince Young 1st round draft pick
Redskins: Jason Campbell 1st round draft pick
Here is the breakdown:
18 teams are starting their own 1st round draft pick (I am including Rivers and E. Manning in this group as that trade was literally made the day of the draft and neither of them played for the team that originally drafted them)
3 teams start their own pick from a lower than 1st round (Brady, Henne, Garrard)
4 teams traded for their QB (Cutler, Orton, Hasselbeck, Schaub)
1 QB was an undrafted street free agent with his original team (Romo)
6 teams use Free Agent obtained from other teams (Delhomme, Fitzpatrick, Cassel, Favre, Brees, Bulger)
Of the traded players or FA pickups, only Cutler was a 1st round pick. (Brees and Favre, the two SB winners were 2d rounders)
Probably moral of the story: Get your QB with your First round pick, or get a winning veteran QB in FA.
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I thought he was traded, along with Vrabel, for a second round pick.
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