It’s obviously too early to judge any of these guys (except for Stroud maybe) but how rare is it that all top 4 QBs in a draft class come out looking like possible franchise starters? Bryce has arguably been the worst out of the 4, but even if he had a down week against the colts he has little to no help and even then has been getting better from week to week.
Stroud I don’t even think needs to be mentioned in detail. Looking like a top 10 QB as a rookie in the stacked AFC is quite the accomplishment. he just broke the record for yards in a game by a rookie and tied the record for TDs. he’s top 10 in yards and TDs and has a TD-INT ratio of 14-1 which is insanely impressive.
Anthony Richardson’s season has sadly been cut short and I wish him a quick recovery and hope he’s back to full form next season cause DAMN has he been fun to watch. passing was generally fine. 59.5 Cmp%, 577 yards and 3 TDs to 1 INT in 4 games is not as bad as people made him out to be before the start of the season but he was really impressive in rushing with 136 Yds and 4 TDs upping him to 7 total TDs. He’s been showing flashes and was very good in these 4 games but I fear if the colts continue to use him this way this might become another RGIII situation.
…and finally, Will Levis. the amount of clowning that this sub did on the man is unbelievable looking back now, even if I was also on of these people. but after throwing 4 TDs in his debut game and looking solid against the steelers I think he has proven he’s the best QB the titans have on the roster. is he their future? possibly, it’s too early to tell. is he better than tannehill? absolutely.
as for the other QBs… well…
Tyson Bagent has had one good game, against the raiders.
Clayton Tune was really bad last week but facing of against one of the best defenses in the NFL in his very first game certainly didn’t help him so I won’t judge.
Aidan O’Connell was… Ok, I guess? He made rookie mistakes, obviously, but he was an ok game manager I suppose I only watched the bears game.
DTR looked good in preseason, as did a lot of other QBs, but was pretty bad against the ravens, which is possibly the best defense in the NFL so I won’t really judge him on that.
and Jake Haener was suspended 6 games for taking performance enhancing drugs and has not seen any action yet, fuck me.
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I feel like the 2021 draft class was just so bad that it makes Young,Richardson, and Levis look elite in comparison
Stroud is the only one who has looked good, so yes, this would be one of the worst ever if not for Stroud.
It’s pretty much just Stroud lighting things up. Only other rookie who’s gotten extensive playtime is Young and the Panthers are pure dogshit so he’s not going to show much.
2012 you had Luck, RG3, and Wilson all have strong seasons and make the playoffs.
Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco were also good the same year as rookies and made the playoffs IIRC.
I wait to reserve judgment on any QB until the rest of the league has played him with the benefit of a full season of film on him. It’s awesome that Stroud and Levis look so good, but there is likely to be some kind of regression once the league figures their weaknesses out more so we will see how they respond. It is exciting though
He also has a strong of tough games coming up. He hasn’t faced good defenses exactly. He’s still doing great but I almost guarantee there will be a little bit of a drop in performance down the stretch
It is not a good start. Stroud is great, Levis had one good game, Young is a bust, the rest are non factors. Typical.
The disrespect to the Jaren THE Hall monitor is too much. 80% completion rating, 10 yards a pass, no ints, no sacks, no fumbles.
2012 is clearly better. Outside of Stroud, everyone else is a giant question mark still.
It’s hard to call this class doing great to me when Richardson and Levi’s have both played like 2 games. I thought both have looked good no doubt but makes it hard to put it up against other classes when they have so little game tape so far. Stroud is off to what could possibly end up being the best QB season of all time and Bryce is not looking good.
The 2020 class started off really well for the most part. Burrow and Herbert came in looking good and while hurts wasn’t consistent and only played 4 games in a starter he looked really good in 2 of them, decent in 1 and bad in his last game.
Yeah, gonna be honest that this sounds like a very lackluster start between Bryce Young’s rough situation and Anthony Richardson having a worrisome injury history already. Levis may stack up some more good games, but no one else mentioned is too noteworthy.
2012 still takes the cake. Three rookie QBs made the pro-bowl and led their teams to playoff berths.
Stroud doing a lot of the heavy lifting here.
I’d argue it isn’t even the best half season in the last 5 years. The start that Burrow and Herbert had were great.
i forget the year, but tannehill’s class had a really good start. (tannehill, luck, russel wilson, and pretty sure there was a 4th big name qb i’m forgetting, but i might just be thinking mariotta who was a bust)
RG3, lol
I’m madly in love with CJ Stroud, but this is just wrong. The 2012 rookie class was clearly better. Even if you would rank Stroud ahead of Luck, Wilson and RG3 as rookies, none of the other rookies this year are remotely on the same level as those three.
Wilson/RG3/Luck/Tannehill in 2012 is by far the best of recent decades as far as rookies QB performance goes