I'm about to drop a massive secret on you, intrepid reader. You might want to steel yourself—this one will shake you to your very core. The National Football League is all about the quarterback position.
I know, it's a shock. Take a moment. Compose yourself.
There are multiple reasons the Chiefs have won three Super Bowls over the past five years. But the biggest is the fact that Kansas City also has the best signal-caller in the game in Patrick Mahomes. Of the final four teams left standing a year ago in the playoffs, two had quarterbacks with MVP awards on their resume and another had a former No.
1 overall pick. Of course, while every NFL team wants a Patrick Mahomes, not every team has one. For every franchise that has an elite quarterback, there's one with a mid-range option.
One with a youngster it hopes has the potential to be a star. And another with major questions at the game's most important position. Every one of those quarterbacks is the subject of this column.
From Arizona to Washington and from marginal starters to superstars, here's a look at all 32 projected starting quarterbacks in 2024—and an educated guess as to what kind of statistical production they will put up in the season to come. The past two seasons haven't been especially kind to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. In 2022, after signing a $230.
5 million contract, Murray made it just 11 games into the season before suffering a season-ending ACL tear. That injury lingered well into last.
