Welcome to the first installment of my 2017 QB Rankings. Now, you will look at #32 and yell in anguish and say, Watson is a million times better than Osweiler or Glennon! And you may be right, but until he step onto the field, he's an unknown. An unknowns get ranked at the bottom. Now that we're past that, I hope you will read and comment with your angry comments, and wait for my next installment which hopefully will be out later tonight or early Sunday. Now onto the show.
32. Deshawn Watson – There were no surprises when the Texans
picked Watson in the 1st round of this year’s draft. They had had enough of Osweiler’s mediocre
play, and nothing Tom Savage did screamed “Starting NFL QB.” As a rookie, we have no idea how his style of
play will translate in the NFL. We could
point to the success of Dak, or the failures of Goff. We could tell ourselves that Bill O’Brian is
the QB whisperer and that Watson will be the next big thing. Nothing that happens until Watson takes a regular
season snap will mean a thing. If the
Texans are smart, they can make him look good with an easy, run and read-option
heavy offense, and ease him in with minimal problems.
31. Jared Goff – The
2016 #1 pick overall did not look very good in his first string of starts this
last season. There are a number of
excuses that one could point to for this, but the first and foremost will
probably come down to this: He just wasn’t ready. Now, that’s not to say that the Ram’s did a
bad thing in starting him when they did.
If a QB is going to grow and learn, what better way than to be thrust
into the fire of leading a downhill Rams team.
While it will be interesting to see Goff under a new head coach and a
new system. I can’t help but think that
it will be more of what we saw last season.
30. Mike Glennon – Glennon is an enigma. He’s got the size, arm strength, and
athleticism that lends one to believe that he could find success in the
league. Then you realize that he’ll be
starting for the Bears. Now, if you look
at the big picture, there a few things to like about this team. For instance, their 2nd year RB
Jordan Howard is talented and will play at a high level, and their defense is
stout. Now for the bad, their WR
situation is not great, and with a rookie QB waiting for you to fail, it could
happen sooner than later.
29. Brian Hoyer – The 49ers are in a very weird position. They are coming off a 2-14 season, with a new
system in the works, and a temporary QB in Hoyer. The weirdest thing about this situation? I think that this team could go 8-8. Now before you laugh in my face, let me say,
go take a look at the Niners defensive roster.
Are you back? It’s pretty good,
in theory. Hoyer’s no elite talent, but
he’s sufficient, and the right coach (Shanahan) can get the most out of
him. I predict that he has one of the
best season of his career in San Fran.
28. Josh McCown – Another QB in an odd spot. Although I feel a little bad for McCown. When he played for the Browns, there was no
expectation for winning and when he did, he was celebrated. Now don’t get me
wrong, for the Jets, there is no expectation for winning. And watching the Jets shed talent like winter
pounds is worrying for a QB who just left Cleveland. There’s even a chance he may not start a game
(barring injuries.) As a savvy veteran,
he’ll figure out a way not to look to bad, and will muscle through. If I had to have a hot take, it would be that
McCown starts and wins the first game. And then doesn’t see the field for the
rest of the season.
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