2015-16 NFL Pre-Season Position Rankings: Quarterbacks

We are about halfway through the NFL's off-season (YAY!!!!). OTA's have already started. Players are already getting injured (man, poor Dante Fowler and Jacksonville Jaguars football fans...). And the 2015-16 NFL season is getting so close, we can hear the footsteps coming up to the door and someone's just about ready to knock. With that said, it's time to look ahead at next season.

Now that NFL rosters are pretty much finalized (besides numerous upcoming cuts of course), it's time to start giving you guys an idea of how your team is shaping up for next season. What better way to do that than to start power ranking the starters at every position on each roster? It only makes sense.

Up first? The most important position on any football team of course.....

Ultimate Football Blog's

2015-16 Pre-Season Position Rankings

Quarterbacks

KEY NOTE: This is a POWER RANKINGS. That means it's a "what have you done for me lately?" list. This is not an ALL-TIME greatest list. If the NFL commissioner came up to me tomorrow and said:

"Hey, you can have any QB in the league on your team next season....who do you want?"


It would (most likely) go in this order.......



(PS: PFF grade means "Pro Football Focus Grade". For those of you who don't know, ProFootballFocus.com is an football analytics website that grades players based on a certain criteria and it's a criteria that I've come to love. It's a pretty simple grading formula to figure out as well. The more negative score the player has, the least effective he was on-the-field last season. For example a "-24.8" grade would be absolutely awful, but a "24.8" grade means the player was outstanding. See, I told you it was easy to figure out)

32. Matt Cassel (Buffalo Bills)

Age: 32

Yards Thrown (career): 15,727

TD's Thrown (career): 96

QB Rating (career): 80.1

PFF Grade (last season): -7.5

Win/Loss Record: 33-39

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

31. Geno Smith (New York Jets)

Age: 24

Yards Thrown (career): 5,571

TD's Thrown (career): 25

QB Rating (career): 71.5

PFF Grade (last season): -19.8

Win/Loss Record: 11-18

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

30. Josh McCown (Cleveland Browns)

Age: 35

Yards Thrown (career): 11,033

TD's Thrown (career): 61

QB Rating (career): 76.1

PFF Grade (last season): -18.3

Win/Loss Record: 17-32

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

29. Brian Hoyer (Houston Texans)

Age: 29

Yards Thrown (career): 4,557

TD's Thrown (career): 19

QB Rating (career): 76.8

PFF Grade (last season): -18.8

Win/Loss Record: 10-7

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

28. Robert Griffin III (Washington Redskins)

Age: 25

Yards Thrown (career): 8,097

TD's Thrown (career): 40

QB Rating (career): 90.6

PFF Grade (last season): -17.2

Win/Loss Record: 14-22

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

27. Blake Bortles (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Age: 23

Yards Thrown (career): 2,908

TD's Thrown (career): 11

QB Rating (career): 69.5

PFF Grade (last season): -38.9

Win/Loss Record: 3-10

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

26. Nick Foles (St. Louis Rams)

Age: 26

Yards Thrown (career): 6,753

TD's Thrown (career): 46

QB Rating (career): 94.2

PFF Grade (last season): -7.4

Win/Loss Record: 15-10

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

25. Sam Bradford (Philadelphia Eagles)

Age: 27

Yards Thrown (career): 11,065

TD's Thrown (career): 59

QB Rating (career): 79.3

PFF Grade (last season): Missed all of last season with an injury

Win/Loss Record: 18-30-1

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

24. Jay Cutler (Chicago Bears)

Age: 32

Yards Thrown (career): 27,749

TD's Thrown (career): 183

QB Rating (career): 85.2

PFF Grade (last season): -17.0

Win/Loss Record: 62-59

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

23. Marcus Mariota (Tennessee Titans)

Age: 21

Yards Thrown (career): 0

TD's Thrown (career): 0

QB Rating (career): 0

PFF Grade (last season): 0

Win/Loss Record: 0-0

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

22. Jameis Winston (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Age: 21

Yards Thrown (career): 0

TD's Thrown (career): 0

QB Rating (career): 0

PFF Grade (last season): 0

Win/Loss Record: 0-0

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

21. Carson Palmer (Arizona Cardinals)

Age: 35

Yards Thrown (career): 35,365

TD's Thrown (career): 224

QB Rating (career): 86.3

PFF Grade (last season): 1.3

Win/Loss Record: 70-75

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

20. Andy Dalton (Cincinnati Bengals)

Age: 27

Yards Thrown (career): 14,758

TD's Thrown (career): 99

QB Rating (career): 85.2

PFF Grade (last season): -10.5

Win/Loss Record: 39-27-1

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

19. Derek Carr (Oakland Raiders)

Age: 24

Yards Thrown (career): 3,270

TD's Thrown (career): 21

QB Rating (career): 76.6

PFF Grade (last season): -32.6

Win/Loss Record: 3-13

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

18. Colin Kaepernick (San Francisco 49ers)

Age: 27

Yards Thrown (career): 8,415

TD's Thrown (career): 50

QB Rating (career): 90.6

PFF Grade (last season): -10.1

Win/Loss Record: 29-16

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

17. Alex Smith (Kansas City Chiefs)

Age: 31

Yards Thrown (career): 20,858

TD's Thrown (career): 122

QB Rating (career): 82.8

PFF Grade (last season): 2.5

Win/Loss Record: 58-49-1

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

16. Cam Newton (Carolina Panthers)

Age: 25

Yards Thrown (career): 14,426

TD's Thrown (career): 82

QB Rating (career): 85.4

PFF Grade (last season): 14.3

Win/Loss Record: 31-33-1

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

15. Teddy Bridgewater (Minnesota Vikings)

Age: 22

Yards Thrown (career): 2,919

TD's Thrown (career): 14

QB Rating (career): 85.2

PFF Grade (last season): 4.5

Win/Loss Record: 6-6

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

14. Ryan Tannehill (Miami Dolphins)

Age: 26

Yards Thrown (career): 11,252

TD's Thrown (career): 63

QB Rating (career): 84.0

PFF Grade (last season): 9.8

Win/Loss Record: 23-25

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

13. Matthew Stafford (Detroit Lions)

Age: 27

Yards Thrown (career): 21,714

TD's Thrown (career): 131

QB Rating (career): 83.6

PFF Grade (last season): -8.9

Win/Loss Record: 35-44

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

12. Peyton Manning (Denver Broncos)

Age: 39

Yards Thrown (career): 69,691

TD's Thrown (career): 530

QB Rating (career): 97.5

PFF Grade (last season): 5.8

Win/Loss Record: 190-90

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 1

11. Joe Flacco (Baltimore Ravens)

Age: 30

Yards Thrown (career): 25,531

TD's Thrown (career): 148

QB Rating (career): 84.8

PFF Grade (last season): 4.7

Win/Loss Record: 82-45

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 1

10. Eli Manning (New York Giants)

Age: 34

Yards Thrown (career): 39,775

TD's Thrown (career): 259

QB Rating (career): 82.4

PFF Grade (last season): 0.9

Win/Loss Record: 100-79

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 2

9. Tony Romo (Dallas Cowboys)

Age: 35

Yards Thrown (career): 33,270

TD's Thrown (career): 242

QB Rating (career): 97.6

PFF Grade (last season): 15.9

Win/Loss Record: 77-52

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

8. Russell Wilson (Seattle Seahawks)

Age: 26

Yards Thrown (career): 9,950

TD's Thrown (career): 72

QB Rating (career): 98.6

PFF Grade (last season): 10.4

Win/Loss Record: 42-14

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 1

7. Philip Rivers (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 33

Yards Thrown (career): 36,655

TD's Thrown (career): 252

QB Rating (career): 95.7

PFF Grade (last season): 13.7

Win/Loss Record: 92-61

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

6. Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints)

Age: 36

Yards Thrown (career): 56,033

TD's Thrown (career): 396

QB Rating (career): 95.4

PFF Grade (last season): 32.6

Win/Loss Record: 124-89

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 1

5. Matt Ryan (Atlanta Falcons)

Age: 29

Yards Thrown (career): 28,166

TD's Thrown (career): 181

QB Rating (career): 91.1

PFF Grade (last season): 20.3

Win/Loss Record: 67-48

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

4. Tom Brady (New England Patriots)

Age: 37

Yards Thrown (career): 53,258

TD's Thrown (career): 392

QB Rating (career): 95.9

PFF Grade (last season): 26.7

Win/Loss Record: 181-55

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 4

3. Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Age: 33

Yards Thrown (career): 39,057

TD's Thrown (career): 251

QB Rating (career): 93.9

PFF Grade (last season): 29.3

Win/Loss Record: 116-57

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 2

2. Andrew Luck (Indianapolis Colts)

Age: 25

Yards Thrown (career): 12,957

TD's Thrown (career): 86

QB Rating (career): 86.6

PFF Grade (last season): 15.4

Win/Loss Record: 36-18

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 0

1. Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)

Age: 31

Yards Thrown (career): 28,578

TD's Thrown (career): 226

QB Rating (career): 106.0

PFF Grade (last season): 44.7

Win/Loss Record: 76-38

Super Bowl Titles (as starting QB of team): 1