List of 1st round, rookie QBs (since 1980) who either started by week 5 or saw action from week 1 and became starter soon after Manning- exceeded #1 pick expectations Roethlisberger- exceeding #7 pick expectations Elway- met #1 pick expectations Aikman- met #1 pick expectations Stafford- is meeting #1 pick expectations Newton- seems to be meeting expectations (I can't say "is meeting" b/c it's only been one year) Ryan- par based on expectations Flacco- par based on expectations Bledsoe- slightly under par based on #1 pick expectations Jim McMahon-underwhelmed based on #5 pick expectations Alex Smith- underwhelmed/almost destroyed Bradford- underwhelming <thus far> Sanchez- underwhelming Kerry Collins- underwhelmed Leinart- bust Carr- bust Boller- bust Leftwich- bust Cade McKnown- bust Heath Shuler- bust Joey Harrington- bust Tim Couch- bust Akili Smith- bust Druckenmiller- bust Ryan Leaf- bust Rick Mirer- bust Patrick Ramsey- bust Jeff George- bust Dan McGwire- bust
5 rookie starting QBs this year. How many won the starting job vs how many were given the starting job?
I'd argue 3 were given the job (RG3, Luck, and Weeden), however even if there were a competition I think Luck and RG3 would've clearly won (well RG3 would've definitely beat Grossman, not sure about beating Cousins).
