The Dec. 12 game between the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns is being touted by some as the Andrew Luck Bowl.
Two of the NFL's worst teams are in dire need for a quarterback. Buffalo just dumped Week 1 starter Trent Edwards, a move similar to the Browns trading Charlie Frye in 2007. In Edwards' place is Ryan Fitzpatrick, an athletic signal caller with no upside.
The lowly Browns are trotting undersized career backup Seneca Wallace. When he's healthy, the team will play turnover machine Jake Delhomme.
So whichever team loses on Dec. 12 could be in place to take the talented redshirt sophomore quarterback with a big arm and good pocket poise and mechanics. But Buffalo and Cleveland aren't the only two teams clearly in need of a quarterback.
Three games into 2010, some teams need a QB for 2011
Sorry
fans, watching David Gerrard has become painful. Against Philadelphia on Sunday, it seemed like every third pass Garrard threw had a chance to pick intercepted. Many thought Jacksonville should have drafted a quarterback early this year. Adding one in the first two rounds in 2011 seems imperative now.
Unless the
think the future lies in either
or
, they should also consider going with a quarterback in the first round.
is on the brink of being benched and
has already been cut.
Seattle also isn’t out of the quarterback equation.
has continuing back issues and doesn’t seem to have the same touch he did in the past. While the team traded for
, you’d think he’d be playing already if he was good enough. There’s a reason for the name “Clipboard Jesus.”
Oakland is also a strong possibility after benching
.
is a spitfire of a quarterback, but does anyone really think he can be a franchise quarterback? Besides, doesn’t
being drafted by Al Davis sound perfect? (update: or not since Oakland doesn’t have a 2011 first rounder.)
A lot of people thought the
would go after
in this year’s draft. They didn’t and project to having
as their 2011 quarterback. He’s been uneven in his career, so Minnesota might wait to see how much Jackson has improved.
Sleeper quarterback seekers could be San Francisco and Cincinnati. The
in particular are a long shot, but at some point the team has to evaluate
‘s play. He may be signed through 2014, but he hasn’t been a top quarterback since 2006.
So who are the quarterbacks these teams could be going after? Whenever we bother to re-do the site rankings, here is how they’ll look regardless of class:
1. Andrew Luck | 6’4, 235 pounds | QB | Stanford **
2.
| 6’3, 226 pounds | QB | Washington
3. Ryan Mallett | 6’7, 238 pounds | QB | Arkansas *
4.
| 6’2, 219 pounds | QB | Florida State
5.
| 6’5, 240 pounds | QB | Arizona *
6.
| 6’5, 240 pounds | QB | Missouri *
7. Pat Devlin | 6’4, 220 pounds | QB | Delaware
8.
| 6’6, 233 pounds | QB | Ohio State *
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