In the first of a weekly series ending the week of the NFL draft, we look at the top players at each position in the NFL (except for specialists) from the 2014-15 season, starting with the QB position.
I’ll eliminate the suspense immediately by telling you which big name quarterbacks did not make the cut as one of the top NFL quarterbacks from 2014. Some are surprising, some not so much—but a case could be made on their behalf.
To no one’s surprise, I suspect, “Smoking” Jay Cutler did not make the top 10. Nor did division rival Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions. Eli(te) Manning (a Peyton’s Head running joke on Twitter) did not make the cut either.
Likewise, a fellow Super Bowl winning quarterback, who actually had his finest regular season to date, did not make it— Joe Flacco. And if for some odd reason, this list were to count down from 11, it would not be any of the aforementioned quarterbacks to fill that final slot, but the Miami Dolphins’ third-year signal caller, Ryan Tannehill.
It seems appropriate now to list out the qualifications for making this list.
It will become obvious as we move on that winning was not a primary requirement (nor should it ever be when evaluating quarterback performance). That said, of the 10 passers, seven “led” their teams to the playoffs.
Without further ado, here are the 2014 NFL QB rankings: top 10.
Next: No. 10 still had an amazing year