With the NFL regular season not long away, there has been a spate of media pieces tackling what it takes to be a top level quarterback, and how teams should go about developing them. This is always a relevant issue, but all of this off-season’s major NFL news stories have involved quarterbacks, just adding to the scrutiny: Jay Cutler falling out with Denver and moving to Chicago, Tom Brady’s return from injury, Michael Vick’s return from prison, Brett Favre retiring and unretiring with Minnesota, the Lions drafting Matthew Stafford, the Jets drafting Mark Sanchez.
The big debates currently doing the rounds include:
1) How much should a team risk to get a top-quality quarterback? (see Favre, Cutler).
2) What is the best way to develop a rookie? Start him, or make him wait? (Sanchez, Stafford).
With that in mind:
Superbowl winner Trent Dilfer rates the current crop of NFL QBs, gives very interesting assessments, and calls for sympathy for possibly the most exposed job in team sports.
ESPN take readers through the backup QBs around the league.
The NFL Total Access team have a typically rambunctious discussion about identifying the best players in the position at the moment, what they look for in a top quarterback, and the importance of the position.
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