Second day QBs

Channeling my inner-Peter King, here’s looking forward to his new argument about how quarterbacks are over-valued and shouldn’t be taken with high draft picks, certainly not #1s.

 

Exhibit A are the two QBs squaring off tonight, the two best QBs in the NFC. One is Brett Favre, a second round pick and the other is Tony Romo, an undrafted free agent.

 

In fact, of the top 11 quarterbacks according to passing yards (two are tied at #10), only three are first round draft choices: Carson Palmer, Jason Campbell, and Peyton Manning. Which is only slightly more than the two undrafted free agents also on the list: Romo and Kitna.

 

And if you go by passer rating, there are three undrafted free agents among the top 8 QBs – Romo, Garcia, and Warner. IN fact, of the top 11 QBs ranked by passer rating, only 2 are first round draft picks: Palmer and Jay Cutler.

 

Brady, Garrard, Hasselbeck and Anderson were all taken on the second day of the draft. Romo, Garcia, Kitan and Warner weren’t drafted at all.

 

So. According to Peter King’s logic used with RBs, QB is an overrated position and teams shouldn’t waste a high pick on a player coming out of college cause “any guy off the street” can throw for 3,000 yards. Even become super bowl MVP.