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[Assistant] His comp is Fred Flintstone. This is very, just like square. Square body. Not a whole lot of definition going on there. Great quarterback though. Uh, number five for Pete, Baker Mayfield. He goes, we both like quoting Ron Swanson.


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[Assistant] They just go, it's just Baker and P, just going back and forth. Oh, with their little snarky lines.


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[Assistant] Uh, Pete says it's good. Alright, number four, Jamis Winston. Woah! He goes, like his on the field play, it will be boom and bust. You're not kidding. There's a lot of jokes I can make here. We possibly end up at the Playboy Mansion and the emergency room all in the same night.


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[Assistant] We're going to the top three. Number three, uh, Matthew Stafford, a fellow survivor of raising twins. Wow.


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[Assistant] Uh, do we have 2019, Matthew Stafford? Here it is. They're like, Matt, here we go, chug a beer. Oh, he's gonna chug it easy.


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[Assistant] It's not even swallowing, it's just opening the throat. I don't know how people do that. I can do that. You can just do that. I can just chug it and open it up. What happens? You just open your throat and just


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[Assistant] We'll do that. We'll do that on the next pod. Cause we got, we need something to do now. Now that we're through the top 40. Number 2.


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[Assistant] Uh, we don't have the video of him chugging a beer, but he did at a softball game one time, if you remember. So if you're, if you want to go search on the internet for that, Josh Allen seems to me that reasonable that he's another quarterback that can chug a beer pretty easily.


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[Assistant] He might embrace that persona though, you're at this point. Uh, but number one for Pete on who he would like to share a Woodford Reserve with.


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[Assistant] Is the best quarterback in the league, Patrick Mahomes, who has had many opportunities to chug beers in public at a parade, Super Bowl parade. And here it is. That's why he's cool. Oh, great catch. Yeah. Oh, cracks it open.


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[Assistant] He did the Kyle Orton there where he tried to drink it. Yeah. Away from his face. Uh, and didn't get it all. Cracked it natural. But he did. That's like Stone Cold Steel.


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[Assistant] Good dude, nice dude, it's gonna be probably a quality, you know. Definitely, definitely. You're not gonna get into a fight. But, I was a little shocked.


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[Assistant] The Jamus at three? No, uh, Jamus at four. Oh, Jamus at four, yes. He was higher on the list. Like, I think Pete notes the volatility of that night. If you're looking for a night where you don't know exactly what's gonna happen, I think Jamus is a good pick.


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[Assistant] I think Ben would be, and I think Ben Roethlisberger would be a nice down to earth guy to have a beer next to.


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[Assistant] He trended, he trended towards quarterbacks with just a good down to earth personality, it seems like. Yeah, I think so. Just good, good times with good people.


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[Assistant] Exactly. Pete doesn't want to hang out with you. There's something wrong there. It's a huge red flag. He's all the way down there on ten. Alright, so that is Pete's List. So send your hate to Pete. Send your hate to Pete. Demolimulitis on Twitter. Uh, we have some Ask Me Anythings, but what if we just save those for when you talk with, uh, with Paul, right? Cause we gotta talk to him.


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[Assistant] Eight time tag team champion, WWE superstar, The Miz here to break down the super brawl rankings. Miz, how's it going?


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[Assistant] Wow. So that, I mean, that's guaranteed. So you know me, I love Matt Stafford. I'm from Michigan and Detroit fan. I love Matt Stafford and I like Sean McVay too. So they are guaranteed to go up next year. They have already moved their way.


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[Assistant] Biting kneecaps. And if you're gonna talk about biting kneecaps in an NFL press conference, chances are, when push comes to shove, you're gonna do some crazy stuff. And that's what I'm banking on.


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[Assistant] The rookies were tough because the rookies coming in and you also have Zach Wilson for the Jets.


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[Assistant] Who's pairing up with Robert Sala. And Robert Sala, the thing that you notice from him on the sideline is he has, as Chris has mentioned, a giant vein. A giant vein in his head. So you know the emotion will be there for Robert Sala. See, there it is. You can almost, we're not even that close in. It's just like veins are popping out everywhere. Arms, foreheads. 6'3". I'm gonna say he's about 6'3".


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[Assistant] WWE superstar The Miz in the position of coach right here. Alright, so say that, say a tandem like that I have ranked high here is Ryan Tannehill and Mike Vrabel. We got them at number two on my list. Say that you are coaching Chris and myself.


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[Assistant] For whatever reason, Chris and myself have gotten into a tag team fight with Ryan Tannehill and Mike Vrabel. There, you're seeing them right now. This is tough. The odds are stacked against us right now. Yes they are. Miz, how would you coach us through this, this tag team fight?


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[Assistant] No, I love this. They would respect me. They go, thanks for putting us number two on your list. And they take it easy on me. I think you just go low. You just go low, right? Isn't that the whole key? All the time. You just go take out their legs.


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[Assistant] Chris would be, Chris would be like, why did they pair me up with Ahmed? We have another co-host who played college football, Paul Burmeister. You'd probably pick him over, over me in a tag team.


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[Assistant] No, it's just all about, yeaah, we can, we can let our bodies go at this point. We're, we're past that.


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[Assistant] 32 through 1 list. I mean that's, that's nothing right there. WWE Raw.


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[Assistant] Cool. Cool. We should have asked who would like my list more, Mike or the Miz, and then invited that guy on.


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[Assistant] Cool, cool. Dominate, man. Do what you do. Well, Miz, thanks for the time.


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[Assistant] Well, she would take offense to the fact that he wants me to flee the fight. Even though I've done that in my own path.


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[Assistant] Okay, that's it. I gotta go collect my thoughts. I gotta go re-evaluate everything. Burrow and Taylor is a problem. He had last. I admit that. He was offended by that. I admit it. It was a mistake.


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[Assistant] Number 40, who you got? Four row, bit four row, I mean.


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[Assistant] The, the, one of the ultimate backups, one of the best backups of football, a guy that I certainly would give some dollars to to be that backup is Case Keenum. Case Keenum to me is, you know,


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[Assistant] A professional, as far as a guy you can depend on to be that backup quarterback, has no weaknesses in his game, okay? Yes, and why he's 40 or a backup quarterback, yea, maybe there's no elite thing about his game either. But Case Keenum is a high level backup that we already know can be a starter and take over for a team, and if the team's right,


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[Assistant] You don't miss much or miss a beat at all to a degree. I mean listen, we saw him go to the NFC Championship with the Vikings. Case Kingdom is a perfect fit in Cleveland.


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[Assistant] He can do it all. Hey, he's got experience. Little bit of an athlete, certainly, can get out of the pocket, move around the pocket, throws the ball well on the run. Not gonna wow you with arm power, but every throw is...


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[Assistant] Got good pace, it's a perfect spiral, you know, puts the ball where he wants to, has experience playing the game, and


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[Assistant] He can make an off-schedule play from time to time. Next handful of picks here. Yes, yes. We're gonna get a little younger. Right, we're gonna get younger. Number 39. Number 39, Big Justin's Fields, Ohio State, Chicago Bears starting quarterback.


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[Assistant] Hey, I know I was one of the negative guys on Justin Fields in the draft process. I don't, you know, I'm sorry. There's still a lot that I really like about Justin Fields. Yes, you know, is he a guy that could be on here and play?


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[Assistant] And make a huge jump by the time we get to week 10? No doubt about it. He's got that type of talent.


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[Assistant] You know, but we'll see. He scares me just like he did in the draft process for me to put him too much higher in the rankings.


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[Assistant] Special running ability, like we've talked about. We know the arm is top notch, and when you piece it all together, hey, he can do some stuff on a highlight reel where you just go, whoa, wow, holy crapola, Batman. I mean, he's got all the tools to be the superstar.


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[Assistant] Now it's just gonna have to be putting it together. That's why he's 39. Hey, he's got the potential to be top 20 guy halfway through the year. I mean he really does. But, he's got some other issues where I'd go,


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[Assistant] You know, I don't know, I mean, he could fall down farther 39.


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[Assistant] If it got to the bad aspect that scares me. So that's where, you know, Justin Fields is at 39. I need to see a little more info before I make a jump with him or anything like that.


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[Assistant] You know my issues. The throwing mechanics are really the biggest issues. The inconsistencies there. Too many slam dunk NFL completions that were left.


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[Assistant] Before I can put him in front of some of these other guys. I like the aggressive stance here. Thanks. Speaking of. Yeah. Quarterback 38. Yeah. Same, same type of guy. Trey Lance though. 49ers. Yes, North Dakota State. He will be quarterback number 38.


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[Assistant] You know, hey, a lot of the same conversations that we had with Justin Fields hasn't played as much football, but I love the top end talent and there is more consistency with Trey Lance's throwing.


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[Assistant] Now, it still needs work. There's no doubt about that. And we're gonna get into breaking down some of those type of things.


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[Assistant] Either way, like we talked about with fields, Lance has some special attributes. We know that. The running is real, once again. I mean, it's real.


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[Assistant] He can make people miss, he can outrun you, you know. He's got good size and strength to even take on some people if he's gotta lower a shoulder or run into some trash. His arm, like a Justin feels too, it's really powerful. It's really powerful.


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[Assistant] And I would say really in a lot of ways more powerful than Justin Fields because there is a little more consistency with the mechanics and controlling of the football to where


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[Assistant] You know, he can throw it hard and still control it. Fields can throw it hard and sometimes control it. Other times you're going, ah, no, that's not good. So that's the reason Lance is in front of fields.


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[Assistant] Yes, I still have questions with the lack of playing time, the mechanical issues, the consistency hitting some passes that you go, wait,


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[Assistant] You know, hey, you're the number three pick in the draft. I'm not supposed to see like that many, the guy had to go to the ground or turn around or we just missed that throw all together. Those are the things I just, I gotta see them improve a little bit before I can make these guys, you know,


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[Assistant] Yeaah, and of course I got Kellerman in front of those two guys. He was in front of them for all my...


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[Assistant] Exactly right. Sixth, fifth, and fourth best quarterbacks. You've heard anybody that's been listening to me with my quarterback breakdowns in the draft. I mean, what have I been saying about Kellen Mann? He's, he's one of the most NFL ready guys. He plays in the pocket. I got no, I, I don't, like, the, the things that, again, I go back to with Kellen Mann, he was


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[Assistant] In a lot of ways, him and Mac Jones might have been the most NFL ready, pocket passing quarterbacks. Not the best, not saying anything, but just purely, I had to play the game in the pocket, go through reads, make high level, you know, tight window completions, those type of things. Kel and Mon thrived that way.


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[Assistant] And you get to see a lot of it. So that's why I had Kellenman fourth in my quarterback rankings. And that was the big reason is that I felt like, ooh, he's been playing NFL football.


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[Assistant] It's not gonna be adjustment. He's got no mechanical issues. I think you heard me throughout the process. I was going, the only guy, the only thing that's wrong with this guy is I just wish he would scramble a little more. Yeaah. And maybe be a little more loose with the ball and not be so tight with it and all that. But those are easy fixes.


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[Assistant] He's in the perfect spot in Minnesota, an offense that really fits him.


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[Assistant] Everything like that. But yes, being under Jimbo Fisher.


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[Assistant] Playing on one of the, not the most dominant team in the SEC, I think Kellen Maughan


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[Assistant] If, if called upon, which I don't expect this year, but if so, I don't think Minnesota will have to change anything. Alright, 36, who are we seeing? 36, a guy who was not on the list last year, but he has re-entered, and I'm not saying I was right to not have him on the list last year, but I had my questions. He made me feel a little bit better about him this year. Marcus Mariota, Las Vegas Raiders, yeaah.


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[Assistant] I didn't know what to expect from Marcus Mariota. You know, got benched in Tennessee. He is not the most pure passer throwing the football all the time.


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[Assistant] You know, again, what I'll say about Marcus Morina that really jumped out to me in the game he got to play this year, too, and everything like that. First off, I did think he threw the ball better. There's no doubt. Was it perfect? No. I mean, he throws an errant interception at the end of the game where you go, wait, you're too good to miss that throw. You can't do that.


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[Assistant] There's still a presence on the field. That's the thing. I'll say I gave Marcus Mario a little like for that. He has a presence about him. You know, he's a man in the pocket. You know, he has been to the playoffs. He can lead people that way. And his skill set is still pretty special too.


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[Assistant] And we saw that in the one game. He had to come in and relief for Derek Carr and everything like that. Hey, they ran the ball well and in a tough situation, he ran the ball well and he made some, some big time passes and a game where it was a good defense and they were down and he drove them down to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, you know, went into overtime, all of those types of things. But, you know, under Gruden,


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[Assistant] Do I feel like he had some growth in the past game? Yeaah, of course I do. I think he was probably top things there. The way he looked as far in that one game, the things I know from out there in Las Vegas, and I think I probably underrated him a little last year in the top 40 quarterback countdown anyways. Yeah, 35 for you is...


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[Assistant] Oh, thy Tyrod Taylor. That's right. Tyrod Taylor. Hey, like I said about Case Keenum, this is one of the best backup quarterbacks in football, bridge quarterbacks, whatever you, whatever you want to say. And you know, in a lot of ways where I have them ahead of Case Keenum,


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[Assistant] And a guy like that who I really appreciate Case Keenum and what he can do for a football team and his talents and all those things. Tyrod Taylor is the same in theory as that guy, except really has better physical talents. He's a little faster than Case Keenum, has a bigger arm than Case Keenum.


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[Assistant] You know, for me, he's the ultimate backup too in the fact that


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[Assistant] You know, he is one of those guys you can just throw out there and he seems like, oh, no big deal. I'm still Tyrod Taylor, same expression on my face. And I can come in as a backup and throw the ball and move the team. But as we've seen, we've seen him lead teams to the playoffs and do things like that. He's been in some unfortunate situations.


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[Assistant] Like having his, uh, lung punctured last year? That hurt. No doubt about it. Right. I mean that was a chance for Tyrod Taylor to maybe...


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[Assistant] Really fortify himself as being a starting quarterback in the NFL.


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[Assistant] He didn't get it. So it's still. One game. One game. One, one, yeah. He didn't even get the one game. Or, yeah, he didn't, because it happened.


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[Assistant] Perfect. I don't know if that was perfect, but I gave it my best shot. Uh, again, another guy that I've been pitted against says like, oh, I hate to him. No.


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[Assistant] Rooting for Tua. Florio tried to stick up for me today. He's like, you love Tua. You love the guy. Like, cause he's heard me say things behind the scenes when we met him. Yes, I do. It doesn't mean I still am, you know,


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[Assistant] Question some of the things on the football field. You know, now Tua, listen, yeaah, he rose from last year. He grew as a player. He got to play in the NFL. He did some good things. You know, he played in some big moments.


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[Assistant] Made some big throws in some big moments. Had some big runs in some big moments. Arizona Cardinal game, I can remember that. Some of those great scrambles, the great touchdown run.


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[Assistant] So he got better as a football player, but I still have my questions. I do. You know, first off, yeaah, I'm gonna put him in front of some of these other guys that we talked about. Yeaah, he's played. You know, I like his talent. I don't love it. You know that.


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[Assistant] But also, like when it gets nitpicky with some of these guys too.


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[Assistant] You know, what do I do to separate? I go a little bit sometimes on


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[Assistant] What's the effect the guy has on the field as a leader? What's his presence like? Locker room? Does he give the team an edge? Those type of things. To me, that's where like,


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[Assistant] Tua brings something to the table a little more than Tyrod Taylor that way too. There is a charisma aspect that he brings to the field and of course he does have a presence on the field. He knows how to play the game even as a rookie here. He didn't mess up many situations. But Tua, just like I'm saying with Tyrod Taylor,


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[Assistant] It's the same type of conversation. It's gotta get more aggressive.


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[Assistant] Yes, I mean, I like Drew Locke, you know that in a lot of ways. His high end talent's real. You know, I think people in Denver are panicking a little bit, or maybe what I want to say just


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[Assistant] Overly critical of the play I saw from Drew Lock last year. I know it wasn't perfect. I know that.


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[Assistant] He certainly, he could take a, a page from the tie rod to a, you know, I'm not going to be so much of a gunslinger and understand how to manage a game a little bit, you know. You don't, not every throw has to be a 35 yard missile into double coverage. That's where Drew Lock's going to get better at just playing the position, taking what the defense gives you. But he does have a real,


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[Assistant] Real upside to be a big time quarterback. You know, I thought that's what we're going to see more last year. You know, again, he was one of those guys.


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[Assistant] You know, you had a place off of limited information and things like that. But no, it wasn't a great year for him. There were certainly some moments of going like, hey, what the hell? Like what, you're gonna make that throw or do that in this moment? No doubt about it. But I also think there were some moments of,


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, a few games where I can go, wow, he played phenomenal football and did some really


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[Assistant] And, you shouldn't be shocked here. Yeaah, I'm putting Teddy Bridgewater just a little bit of drool off.


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[Assistant] I don't think his high-end talent is as good as Drew Lock. No, I don't. But I trust Teddy Bridgewater.


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[Assistant] You know, he falls again into that category of like we talk about with Tyrod Taylor of like, maybe not gonna win you games, but not gonna lose you games either. We've seen that. And there is. There's value to that. And especially if, you know, you're the quarterback of a Denver Bronco type team, but that's where I just trust him more than Drew Locke at this point.


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[Assistant] You know, again, yeaah, I don't think he's got the potential to be the big play or, you know, I look at Drew Locke as having a chance to maybe be a superstar in this league.


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[Assistant] Teddy Bridgewater has no chance of being that for me. But right now, I do think he's a better overall player than Drew Locke because of that. Yeah, reading coverages, knowing situations of games, doing things like that. He certainly doesn't make as many risky throws as Drew Locke has. And that's why...


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[Assistant] Again, in my perfect world, my depth chart, I'd have Teddy Bridgewater coming off the bench, you know.


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[Assistant] Yep, I don't know, I know it's- That's your quarterback! My quarterback. Jared Goff, uhm, hey, you know, Jared Goff, there is experience. We know he's played in big games.


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[Assistant] But, there's a number of questions about Jared Goff.


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[Assistant] I mean, certainly. You know, first off, no redeeming, unbelievable physical qualities or traits, or you just go, oh wow, what a great athlete, or oh wow, what a great arm, or oh wow, man, he can process and go through reads as quick as anybody in football. There is none of that.


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[Assistant] So that's why he is kinda 31 to me. You know, obviously you know you can win games with him, but it has to be within a certain formula or certain way, in my opinion, to win those games.


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[Assistant] And, you know, so Jared Goff. Listen, there is.


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[Assistant] Good arm strength. He can throw the ball hard and far, but it's one of the least catchable balls in the game, and it can be inaccurate at times.


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[Assistant] In the NFL anyways, for his style and everything he does about his physical attributes, his ability to process and read coverages and do all of those things. You know, that's where I look at Mac Jones. Plus I don't look at him as a normal rookie, you know, to where, yeah.


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[Assistant] I don't think he's as talented as Trevor Lawrence or Zach Wilson, right, who we're gonna see later on in these rankings, but I do think as far as NFL ready is concerned,


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[Assistant] And a lot, yeaah, I think he is the most ready. And then when you talk about some of those attributes that people want to hate on all the time because he doesn't look that cool in a uniform.


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[Assistant] But they don't want to really look at the results for some reason. I mean, whether it's, you know, out of the rookie class, you could say most accurate passer, I could say best in the, best in the pocket, work in the pocket, movement, all those things, best decision maker.


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[Assistant] Best ability to quickly read and react and go through.


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[Assistant] You know, coverages and, and diagnosed plays that way. So from all those aspects, that's quarterback play in the NFL. One spot higher only because of the experience a little bit. I'm holding that in regard and that's Andy Dalton. Yes. And I did not mean to make that segue before. I'm not that talented. I just brought that up. But, uh, yes, Andy Dalton, Chicago Bears here pictured on


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[Assistant] Uh, the podcast, if you're watching in the Dallas Cowboy uniform, Andy Dalton, undervalued.


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[Assistant] Physical ability is how I'd like to make the first thing there, just with him.


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[Assistant] Not that he's gonna wow you or anything like that, but I don't know if we always give Andy Dahl quite the credit we deserve for


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[Assistant] Yes, he can make all the throws. He can. And he can make power throws too. Throw's a pretty good deep ball. He's a better athlete than we give him credit for.


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[Assistant] You know, not that again, he's going to turn the corner and run 30 yard gains, but he can move around the pocket and scramble for a 10 yard game when he needs to. You know, those things are what he does, let alone consistency, knowing how to play the game and, you know,


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[Assistant] Where I would go, there's the game manager talk, right, with some quarterbacks. He's a little bit more than a game manager to me. So like,


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[Assistant] You know, we talked about Teddy Bridgewater, where I always use the phrase like, you know, not gonna lose you games, but not gonna win you games either. Andy Dalton, for the most part, is a not gonna lose you games, but I do think there's a little bit more of an aspect of can


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[Assistant] Trevor Lawrence. That's right. Oh baby, look at that. There's me with my long hair and Trevor Lawrence. You tricky tricksters, you. Man, look at that. There's the man, the stud. I mean, the franchise. What do you want me to say about Trevor Lawrence? I mean, I'm a huge fan. I know people think I'm a hater because I put Zach Wilson in front of him.


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[Assistant] But man, Trevor Lawrence, come on. What can't he do on a football field?


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[Assistant] I mean, I'm pumped. You know, we talk about, you know, like


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[Assistant] He brings to me everything to the table. You know, the things that we talked about, first off, on the field, yeaah, we know, skills for days, big, can run.


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[Assistant] You know, can scramble. It's different than running. Running is like, oh, I kept the ball on the read option off the left edge. Scramming is like, wait, I, the pockets close it, closing down. I got to dance around and then escape and get out. He can do that. Throws the ball well on the run. Can throw under pressure.


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[Assistant] Has a big time arm that has room for improvement. As you've heard me say throughout the process, mechanically to improve his power, any of those type of things. There's room to grow there. You know, in a lot of ways I like that. And then...


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[Assistant] Like when we talked about like maybe things that like Andy Dahl and then Jared Goff lack and things like that. Trevor Lawrence does not lack any of those. He walks on the field and you go.


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[Assistant] He brings something to his team with his presence and the way he acts and all those type of things too. From 28 and Trevor Lawrence, we go to 27 and... Zack Wilson, New York Jets. That's right. Oh baby, there's me and Zack. Oh wait, haters, get away from me, woohoo! I like that one, that was cool. Yes, you know, I'm all in on Zack Wilson.


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[Assistant] He's my guy. I love him. Of course, I love Trevor Lawrence, as I just discussed, but Zach Wilson, he's just got an appeal to my eye that the other quarterbacks did not have in this draft. You know, first off, I think his, his talents are special. You know that. I think his throwing is out of this world special.


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[Assistant] I mean, again, I don't think anybody's really gonna doubt that anymore. I think he put that to rest after his pro day where it's like people kinda wanted to fight against it, but then they saw that and they were like, okay, that's really good. Like people like Trevor Lawrence sending out an Instagram message going sheesh.


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[Assistant] Like, which I respect out of Trevor Lawrence, like basically going like, whoa, I'm awesome, but that was freaking awesome. Like that's cool. And that's where I think Zach Wilson is. I think he's one of those guys. The more you, if you talk to people who have seen him in person, it's always that they, oh, oh, I, yeah, I saw him in person. Oh.


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[Assistant] He's a little faster. Oh, he's a little more explosive. Oh, his arm, dude, the ball explodes. That's what you hear after you hear from people. He's not a giant, too, but he's bigger than you think. He's bigger than you think, right? Exactly right. He's not a giant. You know, he's Aaron Rodgers type quarterback. That size. It's 6'2", it's 2'15", 2'20", right around there. But, you know, incredible athlete can really run


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[Assistant] As far as like, you know, in the pocket, I told you before, I thought Mack Jones was probably the best in the pocket quarterback in the draft.


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[Assistant] I think this guy's second. Number 26 on your list. Daniel Jones, New York Giants. Yeah, Daniel Jones. I mean, again, it's a huge year. We know that this is, this is a make or break year for Daniel Jones and his career really. I think if he wants to continue to be


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[Assistant] The unchallenged starting quarterback for the New York Jays.


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[Assistant] You know, again, he's got all the skills and attributes to be.


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[Assistant] But it's as big of a year three as I feel like for a quarterback, as I can remember.


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[Assistant] Because I just feel like people here in New York are questioning it. There was a question already like you talked about when he got picked at number six three years ago in the NFL draft. I was one that, yes, did not think he was worthy of that draft pick. But here, when you break down Daniel Jones and why I say like, the potential's there.


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[Assistant] The guy has all the tools to be really, really damn good and do some special things and lead the Giants. You've seen him run. His athleticism's real.


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[Assistant] I mean, he was second on their team in rushing last year. 25, Jameis Winston, New Orleans Saints. Okay. Jameis Winston is one of those guys. Hey, he's a hard guy to place. We know his top end play is special.


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[Assistant] It is, but we know again, it's the old adage with Jameis Swinson, the, the, you know, the bottom end play is really bad at times. Now I don't expect that if he does get a chance here to play with Sean Payton, I think he's going to clean things up and hopefully he's learned from Drew Brees and his approach and all those things too, but he's a hard guy to get a feel for exactly of where he is and


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[Assistant] You know, this process right now because, hey, two years ago, yea, he played from the bucks and we know he did some good things, but,


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[Assistant] You know, O was really, really careless with the ball almost that whole entire year and still too many plays of like, wait, you've played too long and too good in certain spots to make those plays as we've discussed. So we'll see. Can Sean Payton beat that out of him a little bit?


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[Assistant] I would bet on yes, but I don't know that yet. You know, so Jameis Winston is one of those guys that I look at and I go, yeah, he's sitting here at 25. He ends up being the starter with the New Orleans Saints.


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[Assistant] Has, you know, he's a top 10 talent in football when he plays.


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[Assistant] Actually, teammates. Teammates. With quarterback 24. I'm going with Taysom Hill. I gave him the slight advantage. Taysom Hill, number 24, New Orleans Saints. Hey listen, it's tough. You know, I understand. Taysom Hill's not your traditional quarterback. From the traditional quarterback standpoint, I would rank Jameis Swinson in front of Taysom Hill.


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[Assistant] But the thing is, tradition is gone. Sorry, the NFL has changed. Quarterbacks don't just stand in the pocket and pick you apart anymore. There's more to it than that.


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[Assistant] And that's where like Taysom Hill has to be evaluated less as a quarterback, but a little bit more like the guys that are in his mold of a type of court, a force, a force of nature.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it might not always be 70% picking you apart.


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[Assistant] But it's going to be more about his skill set, what it brings to the offense, and then the pressure he puts on the defense, where it can't be quantified with stats or quarterback ratings, but you can come away and I can watch games with you last year and go, look at this, this team had to play this defense because they're worried about Taysom. So now this guy's open on a pass game.


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[Assistant] Oh, look at this. They're playing this defense because they're worried about this one pass play. Sean Payton likes to run and they got to respect the Taysom Hill run game. So now they're compromised and stopping this one area.


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[Assistant] That's where you have to look at the taste of Hills of the world and evaluate it. So yeah, I don't know if he's as good as a pure, he's not as good as a pure passer as Jameis Winston.


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[Assistant] He's pretty damn accurate. He really is. And I just think that will continue to get better and better as we go. As I said last year, he was towards the bottom of my top 40 rankings last year, and it was more predicated on


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, the few snaps you got at quarterback the year before that and the preseason, cause I remember that preseason just going, man, the 2019 preseason I believe it was, where I just went, Taysom Hill's starting to look really comfortable at quarterback. Like, he's moving the offense and doing things. Then we got to see four games last year. It was really, it was real good. Number 23.


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[Assistant] Okay, here's my first thing I want to say about Ryan Fitzpatrick. He went to Harvard. Did you know that? I know, I'm joking. So I feel like everybody always says that. Fitz tragic is over.


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[Assistant] That's not bad. It's not perfect. Right. Exactly right. You know, but again too, you can get into their team, how they played, lack of playmakers or receiver, all those things. It's not tragic. Exactly right. That's the point. And Fitzpatrick too, you know, he brings a few things to the team. First off, he's aggressive.


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[Assistant] He makes plays in the pass game with his arm and his aggressive decision making and things like that. And you can see he's grown here just in the last six seasons in all statistical categories. But the other thing I'll too, I'll give, you know, where I gave Ryan Fitzpatrick maybe a little bump too.


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[Assistant] As compared to other guys that we don't look at as like big time stars or, you know, franchise type quarterbacks.


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[Assistant] Moves pretty well. Moves way better than you think. Every game you watch Ryan Fitzpatrick, there's a few scrambles or runs where you go, man, I forgot he could do that. It was third and eight and he got a 10 yard gain. Stuff like that. He's very good at that.


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[Assistant] Listen, you don't have to agree with me. Here, you tell me.


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[Assistant] I think he brings a little edge to the football team. I think there is a leadership factor with Fitzpatrick even though everybody knows he's not the franchise of the future.


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[Assistant] He has a way and an edginess about him and how he acts on the field and he does all these crazy things and his beard and oh the guy pulled my head off and I still threw a 30 yard completion for a first down in the Raiders game, right? There is an edge about his game that is infectious to a football team and that's why I gave him a little bump too.


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[Assistant] I think it's pretty obvious of why. Come on, anybody watching football last year? It wasn't his best year. There's no doubt about that. I don't know how banged up he was. I know he played through some knee injuries and things like that. He was coming back from the elbow surgery. Yeah, I get it. I know he had to deal with that.


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[Assistant] You know, I still think he's got talent. I do. I still think you can win a Super Bowl with Big Ben.


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[Assistant] You know, it was, it was underwhelming towards the end of last year. I'm sure he wasn't at a hundred percent. I can't sit here and say though on film that I felt like...


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[Assistant] His elbow was a part of the issue. I don't think that. He let, he was second and third in football and passing attempts. So if his arm was really bothering or not 100%, I don't think Pittsburgh would have thrown the ball 608 times is what I'm saying. Lack of mobility.


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[Assistant] Sometimes lack of aggressive throws down the field, all of those things. I think that's where right now I just question where Big Ben is at.


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[Assistant] You know, and that's why I put him at 22. Yeah, I, I, I, that's, that's really the biggest reason.


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[Assistant] I just, I do want to emphasize, I do think they can still win with him. This is not like, oh man, he's 22, it's over. No. They just gotta, they gotta do the right thing on the offensive side of the ball to help him


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[Assistant] And be the best team they can be with this current roster they have. And that's to me what I've said on PFT many times is going, they gotta take the Brady and Buccaneers route.


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[Assistant] I know, we're going Jimmy G at 21. Yeah, I mean, Jimmy G. Oh, there's my man Kyle Shanahan. We're in our Texas uniforms. Woo, 187. That was a deadly combination. But yeah, Jimmy G, 21. Gosh. Availability's an issue. Let's just start right there.


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[Assistant] I mean, of course, how can, how, it's the first thing you have to think about. It's why the 49ers drafted a quarterback in the first round. Even when he's healthy and yes, they win and all that, they're, they've sent you the signals. Yeah, we're winning. We don't think he's playing good enough still. They've, they've been telling us for two years, everything, you know, just listen to John Lynch or Kyle Shanahan.


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[Assistant] And let alone all the things we know about trying to trade, or get Tom Brady, or Matthew Stafford, or Sean Watson, and blah blah blah, and we're gonna trade, so they're telling you that...


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[Assistant] Yeah, health is an issue, but even when he plays, we're not exactly in love with it. We're not like, oh man, he's awesome. We want to keep him for 10 years. There's issues there that way. You know, he's physically limited in his ability to move in the pocket or extend plays. And then his arm is really NFL average, but he has a quick release and great


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[Assistant] Like anticipation. So that saves him a little bit. And that's where he's really good. Man, he is good in the pocket and ooh, people around and he can kind of get his feet awkward and just flick it and do things like that and get the bottom of his hands really quick. So I love that aspect of him.


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[Assistant] But is he going to make plays out of the realm of the offense a whole lot? Absolutely not. And to me, that's where kind of he falls into the 21 category.


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[Assistant] Cam Newton's still one of the 20 best quarterbacks in football for my money. I know, the quarterback throwing stats might not show it. Alright, I get it. Like we've talked about with some other quarterbacks though.


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[Assistant] You know, on this list already, it's not about the quarterback stats all the time. It's the effect you have on the football game. You know, he's a little bit of a force of nature that way.


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[Assistant] And I think that sometimes gets a little swept under the rug when you talk about Cam Noon. I understand it wasn't all pretty last year, but I think there are some...


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[Assistant] Outside circumstances that you have to be realistic about with Cam Newton and break down and go, well, this led to some issues and some problems, not only because of their football team, but because of COVID and everything we've talked about. But Cam Newton still has got one of the greatest presence of all quarterbacks on the NFL football field.


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[Assistant] You've heard all New England Patriots players talk. He's a great leader. He's a great worker. Those guys, even though they weren't even talented on offense last year, they felt like they could win every game because they're like, damn, we got number one out here. He's Superman. He does special things. And again, I know it's going to be eight touchdowns, 10 interceptions passing.


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[Assistant] How does the stat line sound when you add 12 rushing touchdowns to that and it's 20 to 10 now, right? And he's second on the team in rushing. 592 yards rushing. You add those stats to his passing numbers. They had no room for error this football team.


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[Assistant] And that's where I defend him. So I understand. Yeah, we gotta fix some of the passing things. And that's a real issue. There's no doubt about that. But I guess I'm...


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[Assistant] I'm confident he's gonna fix those things because of what I saw before COVID and then there was enough inklings after he got back in the rhythm later in the year.


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[Assistant] To make me feel that way too. And I'm also, hey, do I know things up in New England and things like that? Of course I do to a degree. Uh, but I also know how high of a regard they hold him in and what he does for their team and their foot and then their locker room too. So that's where I'm high on Cam Newton.


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[Assistant] I'm going to go with Sam Darnold right here. Yeah. Hello. I'm a historian. My name is Chris Sims. I'm reading quarterback of the future. Bam. They're Sam Darnold. Yeah. I'm excited about Sam Darnold.


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[Assistant] I mean, we're gonna see, we're gonna get answers about Sam Darnold this year. Let's not be unrealistic. What did we really expect from Sam Darnold in that offense? That's the first thing I would tell people. I'm gonna go, you have him at 19? Did you see their offense or their record last year? Okay.


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[Assistant] What about it was, where, where did it go wrong? Was it the throwing to Braxton Barrios as your main target? Or throwing to Chris Hogan who's playing lacrosse and he was your main target for a few weeks? Like come on, like you've heard me say, you're surrounded by


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[Assistant] Is, still has, to me, all the physical attributes to be a big-time franchise quarterback. I see it. I don't, I don't care about the results and the stats and the win-loss. I can see it. Sam Donald has a little of everything to his football game.


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[Assistant] Now we just haven't been able to see it because they don't support him. He hasn't had that. But you heard me say, quick release, phenomenal intermediate thrower. I thought he got better at deep ball throwing last year. I think he is


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[Assistant] Really damn good in the pocket. Like really damn good. He's tough. He can throw under pressure.


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[Assistant] Now, we're gonna see some pieces around him to really prove my point. I hope that's what we see, at least.


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[Assistant] That player is? We got a follower, but it's Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz, yes. Number 18, the Indianapolis Colts. And Carson Wentz, come on, anybody that's been following me knows how I feel about this guy. I mean, yeah.


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[Assistant] Last year was, was rough. We're talking about a guy that's got a good arm. He's a phenomenal athlete. He has great size. And even though the year wasn't great last year, I get that.


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[Assistant] The circumstance around him, just like the two guys we've talked about already, and Sam and Cam Newton, was really bad. As they've told you, this offseason, they told you, they blew it up. They blew it up in Philadelphia. Cause it needed to be blown up.


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[Assistant] Wentz gave them the false sense of security to hang onto it one, one year too long. And even with all that, again, I always will go back to Wentz.


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[Assistant] Even though with that year, he's shown me the ability to play at an extremely high level. So I'm not going to just knock him to 29 because of one year. They went onto the field almost in every game other than Darnucci at quarterback with the Cowboys.


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[Assistant] Going that game and the bangles game where you go, okay, maybe they should have won those games. The rest of them, they were the lesser team on the field for the moment.


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[Assistant] Exactly. We all inflated him. Me too. I mean, I'm not, I'm exactly right. It all hurt Karsten Wentz and now he's gonna give a big F-U with the horseshoe U to the rest of the country I think after this year's over.


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[Assistant] He's at 17, really because of the current status of his injury. And I don't think that he's going to be 100% when this year starts, especially with that injury coming, you know, at what, week 10 or 11 during the regular season. But Joe Burrow. Yeaah, Joe Cool. That's the man right there. I love Joe. And really realistically, if he doesn't get hurt,


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[Assistant] And continues on the trend he's in. He's definitely right around the top 10. There's no doubt about it. The guy has it all.


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[Assistant] There's only one thing missing from Joe Burrow's game. Maybe a little bit more of an explosive element from his right arm. Which I believe he's even talked about here recently. And he adjusted it during the year last year. But man, when I go back and watch Joe Burrow, I mean, first off, it's just like, is this really a rookie? That's the kind of jump back when you watch him. You just go, damn.


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[Assistant] I mean, plays the position the right way, gets the ball out of his hands, throws with great accuracy.


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[Assistant] Understands like the fine line of like, ooh.


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[Assistant] This is like a smart chance to take and this is just absolutely stupid. You know, he only had a hand like one or two or three plays where I, I can go back and look and go, all right, that was a stupid rookie play. All right. He'll learn from that. You know, he doesn't have that rocket arm like Josh Allen or my homes, but when he gets out of the pocket,


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[Assistant] He is still looking to throw. And that's what I love about him. It's not about, oh, let me get out and then we just run all the time. He's looking to get out and let me manipulate or do something that way. And he got better and better at that as the year went on. So yea, Joe Burrow is definitely knocked down.


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[Assistant] Because of the current status of his knee and where I think he'll be to start the year. Week 10, if we do another update in rankings, don't be shocked if he's back to the top 10.


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[Assistant] He loves him, he loves him not. Yes, it's Kirk Cousins coming in at number 16. Listen, there's a lot of good quarterbacks in football right now.


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[Assistant] Kirk Cousins is really damn good, you're right, but we're getting to the territory now where


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[Assistant] We're getting to guys that are the real deal Holyfield and it does get nitpicky. You know, I think the first thing that I say, Hey, is Kirk Cousins underrated to a degree? Certainly. I agree with that. I just can't say he's better than the 15 guys I got in front of him. I don't know if he necessarily gets the appreciation he deserves. I would agree with that a hundred percent.


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[Assistant] You know, we're talking about one of the best processors of information in all of football. I will say that. His ability to drop back, come off of a play action pass, read and diagnose the defense and make a decision quickly is as good as the top quarterbacks in the game.


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[Assistant] He's great in that department. There's no doubt. He has an aggressive frame of mind and he's a pretty damn good down the field thrower of the football. That's what I like about Kirk Cousins.


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[Assistant] There is a system element to Kirk Cousins, you know that. And I don't want to say he's a system quarterback, cause he's not. Like I don't know what the phrase I would say, he's system plus, okay? Cause he can add more because of his ability to throw the ball into tight windows and do things like that to your offense.


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[Assistant] For this day and age of 2021, he's a below average athlete for an NFL quarterback. Below average. I mean, it's, it's towards the bottom actually of football when you talk about scrambling, moving in the pocket.


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[Assistant] You know, you know, just hopping around the pocket. It's not good. He's not a statue though. He's not a statue. He's not. I mean he's good with bootlegs and things like that. There's no doubt. But the statues in football


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[Assistant] Going away. It has to. It's like we talked about with Daniel Jones before and those things. Like the game is too chaotic. The pass rushers are too good. The blitzers are too good. Everybody's going for the ball and strips and fumbles and stuff like that. Like the day of just sitting there in the pocket is over. You gotta be able to do some other things.


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[Assistant] That's right. Matty Ice, baby. Matt Ryan. I mean, again, enough. I mean, we're talking.


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[Assistant] I mean, Matt Ryan's a freaking legend of the game. I don't know what to say. Again, it, it makes me, it doesn't make me feel proud to sit here and tell you that Matt Ryan, I think, is the, the 15th best quarterback in football right now. You know, again, another guy that I look at, you can, of course, you can win a Super Bowl. You can do special things. Matt Ryan is still,


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[Assistant] And throwing the football between 10 and 20 yards. He's an unbelievable between 10 and 20 yard thrower of the football. He really is. You know, again, with like, like a Kirk Cousins, his ability to process and just, you know, read it, diagnose it.


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[Assistant] You know, let me cock it back and throw it. It's as good as there is. I mean, it's phenomenal that way. Now he doesn't throw the ball down the field as well as Kirk Cousins, but the other thing that he has a clear advantage over Kirk Cousins in my opinion here is the fact that


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[Assistant] Matt Ryan's movement, and anybody that's been listening to my cornerback rankings, it's always, every year when I go back and look at your plays, look at plays, it always amazes me.


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[Assistant] For the last three especially, how much more he moves than I realize or want to give him credit for. That's the biggest thing about his game. There is some...


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[Assistant] You know, not always a scramble, but man, there's pressure and he's running up in the pocket and then he throws the 15 yard crosser or he moved in the pocket and made a little move and it's an ugly run, but it ended up in being a 15 yard completion down the field. He does get out of the pocket and make those plays.


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[Assistant] He's pretty good at throwing with pressure off his back foot and doing those type of things.


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[Assistant] And way above average in my opinion last year, that's Derek Carr of the Las Vegas Raiders. You know, we gotta start giving them a little bit of respect. The guy's playing the position at a really high level. And here I am, he's barely in front of, you know, cousins of Matt Ryan, but I'm gonna have a lot more positive talk because I feel like the talk is always negative around Derek Carr that I have to defend him this way.


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[Assistant] He is moving up. How could he not? I mean, he played, you know, he had games last year that he played perfectly. You know, he, he, he's efficient. He's accurate with the football. He really never loses control of the football. You know, my big complaint about him last year was like,


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[Assistant] Let's go. Let it rip a little. Like let it hang out. Throw the rifle down the middle of the field. Don't throw like, oh I just want to touch it in there and make sure I get the completion. No! Throw the rifle so Darren Waller can catch it running and run in for a touchdown. He did that.


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[Assistant] Is there still more of it I'd like to see? No freaking doubt. But he, that's why I like, I like him. He's got it in him to be a little bit more of a flamethrower than even what we saw last year. I still think there's more. But he understands the offense.


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[Assistant] He's, you know, very rarely puts them in a bad situation with how he executes that way. And then I thought some of his play was, was phenomenal last year.


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[Assistant] Baker Mayfield. Yeaah. What up, Baker Mayfield at number 13. I mean, Baker Mayfield is a guy, again, you know, if somebody told me, I think he's the number 9 or 10 quarterback in football, I'd go, okay, I mean, I get it. I'm not going to fight against it. I mean, it was a huge year for Baker Mayfield. And really, I think the biggest thing I would just say is, it's an elite arm.


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[Assistant] He's an elite passer, an elite thrower, whatever you want to talk about that way. But like, I think the biggest thing that jumped out to me was...


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[Assistant] The amount of high level, high degree difficulty throws that Baker Mayfield made throughout the year and he doesn't blink or doesn't flinch and he hits the bullseye. Ding ding ding, bullseye.


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[Assistant] I mean, really, I think when I went back and watched, that was the thing I looked at. I mean, again, obviously he was more confident and knows the offense.


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[Assistant] Like, like Derek Carr, not necessarily the greatest runner, but a great mover.


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[Assistant] Oh, it's one guy free. Oh, I broke his ankles. Now I'm free and I can set up and make a throw. Oh, it's a bootleg. The guy on the edge didn't go for the fake. He's right there. Oh, I made a miss. Now I'm on the run and I made a throw and finished the bootleg. Oh, it's a bootleg.


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[Assistant] And there's a guy 25 yards down the field, screaming across the field, going a million miles per hour. He's opened by a quarter of an inch. I don't care. I'll rip it in there. Rips it in there.


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[Assistant] There's so many of those type of throws. In cuts where I go woooo.


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[Assistant] You gonna throw that? Ooh, what a throw. Like perfect throw. There's too many of those throws where they were almost...


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[Assistant] Josh Allen, Aaron Rodgers, Mahomesish, where you, you go, oh, is he really gonna throw that? Oh, good throw, oh, oh my gosh, that was lucky.


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[Assistant] It's the 27th time I've said that. It's not lucky. He's that good now. And that's where I think Baker Mayfield made the big jump. And number 12 is Ryan Tannehill.


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[Assistant] Tennessee Titans, that's right. Ryan Tannehill. I mean, you know, where do you want to start with Ryan Tannehill? I think the thing that I always want to just jump out and say for him is, maximization. Never leaving yards out on the field. That's where Ryan Tannehill is the best to me. He takes advantage of every little


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[Assistant] Big play that's there to be had in football. I could sit here and argue that I think he's maybe one of the best deep ball throwers in football. I would sit here and argue it. I would say he's one of the most accurate


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[Assistant] 10 plus yard throwers of the football out of anybody in the sport. Not only just because he gets the completions, but it's like you always hear me talk about this. If a guy's open for a 60 yard touchdown on a deep post route, he doesn't throw at 45 and the guy gets tackled at the 8 yard line and ooh maybe we get a touchdown, maybe we kick a field goal.


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[Assistant] He puts it on the money and it's touchdowns. It's deep crossers going across the field. They don't have to stop.


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[Assistant] or regather or do anything. They get to go full speed because he puts it on the money. AJ Brown never breaks stride. That leads to big yards after the catch. I think that's the biggest thing I look at with Ryan Tannehill and the biggest positives about his game. And he's just gotten better and better and of course is in a great offense and a great fit for him along with being a really good athlete too.


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[Assistant] I mean, again, it's 33 touchdowns. It's seven interceptions. It's top five quarterback rating.


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[Assistant] That's right. Oh, big Justin Herbert. Nope, he didn't fall off any treadmills this year. He's still running. He's doing good. Look at that big sucker right there. Big soldier in the pocket. As I've told you with everyone, I go back


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[Assistant] I start to watch just the right ideas, jot things, do things like that. And I just come back and just go like, holy cow, holy cow, Batman. It's just one.


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[Assistant] Unreal throw after another from Justin Herbert. His arm is unreal strong and he can do it with great ease. I think that's the thing that you just gotta talk about right away. It's already one of the


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[Assistant] Five best arms and throwers, maybe in football. I think he's right there in that conversation for like what he can do as far as.


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[Assistant] You know, down the field throwing, accuracy in the intermediate short game, you know, it's a pretty quick release. It's not the quickest. It's probably something he can improve on a little bit, but like, you know, you talk about all those things, the elite throwing ability, the accuracy and everything like that. And then like also the ability to wear.


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[Assistant] You know, I could sit here and say, with people around him and in the trash, he's already one of the best in football at that.


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[Assistant] You know, the pocket collapsing, he can, he's so big, and just such a big man, he can throw over pressure.


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[Assistant] Like big quarterbacks we've seen, whether it's Cam Newton or Brady and Peyton Manning. So all people are in his face and people are like, oh, quarterbacks never like when, you know, there's a pass rush in their face. Yeah, of course they don't.


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[Assistant] But, like guys like him, yeaah, it's in their face and they can still see 15, 20 yards down the field and make the appropriate throw. That's the amazing thing. Back foot throws with people in his face that way. Unreal. Another guy that's an incredible athlete.


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[Assistant] Alright, Tom Brady, number 10, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, booyah. That's right, Tom. Put that trophy in everybody's face and say, screw you. Screw you, Chris Simms, for not having me in the top 10 for a while. You had him 15 last year.


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[Assistant] Right, and I think last year when we did the updated, like, week 10 rankings, you know, I had them right around 12 or 13, somewhere in there, you know, it's just, again,


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[Assistant] Through 10 weeks last year, it wasn't exactly great all the time. Let's uh, that's, you know, we can't forget that. There was some games lost and some sloppy play that were definitely Tom Brady's fault. Now listen, you give some wiggle room, I know. But, we saw a different Tom Brady last year. We saw a different one.


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[Assistant] And anybody that's been listening to me, you know what I'm talking about here. Like, Brady's arm's never been the question. The last few years in New England, you know my complaints about him. Unwillingness to stand in there in the pocket, take hits, do things to throw the ball down the field.


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[Assistant] Now he had a great, great pass protection last year and of course had weapons and everything else, but to me that's where he redefined himself. That's why they won the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] Because he was willing to stand in there in the pocket and push the ball down the field.


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[Assistant] Dak Prescott. Don't forget about him just because his ankle was turned the wrong way, okay? Alright, don't forget.


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[Assistant] This guy, there's a side eye to me going, nope, I'm not accepting any less money than maximum amount. But to me, this is like the big soldier, the ultimate leader.


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[Assistant] I mean, just you go back and watch Dak Prescott, you don't realize how awesome he is until you watch. You don't realize that man, Dallas Cowboys, they didn't have a prayer if Dak Prescott ain't in the game early on in the year. I mean, as I said to you before the podcast, I said, you know what's crazy about Dak Prescott? Forget, forget this talent and that he's got,


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[Assistant] Really had awesome years throwing the ball down the field. And I know Brett Prescott only played four or five games, but they're a team again, other than a slant route.


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[Assistant] They don't, they're looking to strike. They're not like, there's no like bubble screens and all that. They drop back and they want 20, 30 yard completions to their high octane weapons at wide receiver and doing that. And he's amazing at that. He's like a Tannahill.


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[Assistant] Like, just, there's never yards left on the field. It's never like, ooh, the guy's wide open down the middle and he had a turnaround and he fell down and he got, he went down there. No, it's on the money, the guy keeps running, it's a touchdown.


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[Assistant] Who's on your mind? That's right, Matthew Stafford is on my mind. Yeah, Matthew Stafford. You say what you want, I don't give a damn. Go ahead.


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[Assistant] Start the hate right now. Yup. You know who's gonna get the last laugh if you start the hate right now? Me. Cause he's on a team now, and everybody's gonna see what he's really worthy of this year. So, I'll get the last laugh. Cause I'm gonna go, ha ha ha, yeah, you thought it was just him. It's just him. He's the only reason Detroit hasn't gotten to the playoffs and wins playoff games. Yeah, right.


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[Assistant] He still has one of the greatest game-changing arms in the history of the NFL and still one of the best game-changing arms, most explosive arms in the NFL right now at this moment. That's where it starts. You can say what you want.


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[Assistant] He does things with his right arm that very few people in this league can do. You know, it's, it's in the echelons of Mahomes, Rogers, and Josh Allen. It's those fours. You just want to talk about crazy, gifted, unbelievable throws that nobody else on the planet can make. That's what he does. And he makes them.


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[Assistant] What great movement in the pocket, and then what a throw. And it's just gonna be one thing after another, and what you'll slowly start to realize is like,


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[Assistant] Their team would just be absolute garbage if it's not for him. And that's all there is to be said. So, yes, is he perfect? No. But I think a lot of the problems Matthew Stafford has are team related, people around him related, offensive scheme related, and we're in this era of we just blame one guy and of course you know I don't like that.


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[Assistant] That's right. We're going to Kyler Murray. That's right. Oh baby. Kyler Murray. There's me putting my makeup on. Damn. I'm good at it. I don't know why they use that, but Kyler Murray.


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[Assistant] Wow, where to start? I'm not sure if there's anybody that has more effect on their team's success in their offense in football maybe than Kyler Murray, okay? That's a bold statement. It is. Not saying he's the best quarterback in football, but man does he have a tremendous effect


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[Assistant] Because of his God-given talents to what their team is. We've showed some of the spray charts from last year and things like that. How predictable DeAndre Hopkins' route tree. He stayed in one area the whole year. I mean, it's, it's all the same thing.


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[Assistant] So there's not a lot of diversity there. And how they overcome it is because they have a quarterback who's got three rockets up his ass, he's got a rocket for an arm, and he's cool and calm under pressure. And that to me is where, you know, he's, he's different that way.


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[Assistant] I know. Yeah, I do. I think it has to improve. I have to, I, I, you know, I, I know you remember me last year just going, there's gotta be more to the offense. It can't be shotgun, four wide, throw the ball quick, all game long. There's gotta be more to the route combinations. There's gotta be more formations and personnel sets just to change it up.


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[Assistant] You know, and I think that's the, that's the big thing for me. But still, when you look at all that and you say, yeah, it's really not that impressive and I'm not scared of their offense, you look at it statistically and go, well, they're at the top of football and that's because this guy and what he can do with his pure ability. Bringing us to number six. That's right. Lamar Jackson.


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[Assistant] Drop from 5 to 6. Drop to 5 to 6, sorry. Minor. Yep, I'm sorry, but we're still talking about maybe the most dangerous weapon in football, in Lamar Jackson.


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[Assistant] Okay, yeaah, most dangerous weapon. Maybe not the most dangerous pocket passing quarterback and doing things like that. But man, Lamar Jackson, first off, we know it's still in the class of the greatest running quarterback we've ever seen.


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[Assistant] You know, even though last year was less than maybe some of the years before, it's still phenomenal.


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[Assistant] You know, and again, he's like some of these other quarterbacks we've talked about. The pressure he puts on you because of that skill set.


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[Assistant] Is, you know, you, you, you can't qualify it or quantify it. It's, it's unbelievable what he does that way. And of course they've done a great job of putting people around them that, that help that out. But I think the other thing too with Lamar Jackson, the stats won't say it and all that. Lamar Jackson improved as a pocket passer last year. Really? He definitely did.


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[Assistant] Actually, every time I go back and watch it, the more and more confident I feel about that. That he was better. He was better. Let's run the stats, Pete, of, uh, you know, Kristen. Cause the stats won't say it, I'm sure.


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[Assistant] Really, really good season, exactly. Statistically. Statistically. And you know, hey listen, it's just like we've seen with anything in the history of football.


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[Assistant] You know, 2019, he was a part of something that had never really been unveiled in football. Like, whoa, this team went all in on running quarterback and has a million different running plays and three different running backs and three different, he caught the league by surprise.


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[Assistant] It's not Aaron Rodgers, it's Russell Wilson. You know, I didn't want anybody to think wrong there, okay? But Russell Wilson, that's right. Number five quarterback in football. I mean, yes, there's no doubt that he's one of the five best quarterbacks in the game.


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[Assistant] There's not. I mean, the four in front of them are really freaking good. Okay, so it was tough for me to put ahead of them. But, I mean,


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[Assistant] We're talking about a guy here that's as clutch as they come in football.


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[Assistant] You know, he's, you could make a case he's one of the best deep ball throwers in football. And then added to that, we know he's maybe the best at extent, not the best, but towards the top of football and extending plays and making plays outside the pocket.


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[Assistant] Russell Wilson's still amazing that way. There's no doubt. So, yeaah.


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[Assistant] He's talented, he's got great leader, leadership fortitude, there's a presence on the field. He has one of those auras about him. To me at least, you tell me if you agree, when he gets the ball late in the game and they're down, I'm just going, well, they're gonna score. You expect him to make it happen. You expect it. He's one of those short list guys where you just go,


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[Assistant] It's gonna happen. In fact, you're shocked when it doesn't happen. You're just like, what?


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[Assistant] He's to that stat, that point, to where you just go, if they're close in the fourth corner, I'm going with Russell Wilson.


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[Assistant] That's right. I mean, hey listen, we're talking about what's going on on the football field here. Let's just be, you know, upfront with that.


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[Assistant] Well, he's a special football player. You know, as far as between the lines go, he is definitely one of the best our sport has to offer. And really what I want to say is just like, what more can he do? Really? What more can he do? He's phenomenal in every aspect. There's really no weakness to his game. He's a great example of just saying, listen, see, you need a team. You can't, I don't care who you are. Watson is phenomenal. He maximizes everything. He is


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[Assistant] An elite passer, thrower of the football. He wants to stay in the pocket to the very last second possible. And then.


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[Assistant] His movement, come on, it's as good as anybody in the sport really, other than maybe Lamar and Kyler Murray and maybe another guy here or there. But like, whether that's hopping around in the pocket to make throws or getting out of the pocket and being the Tasmanian devil in it and then getting out to make a play, you know, he's special that way.


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[Assistant] So he delivers everything that's there to be had within the offense. Watson is one of the kings of kind of knowing when that point is to go, wait, we're down 14, nothing, nothing's happened. I got to start to push the envelope. Now the team fails him at times.


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[Assistant] In those scenarios where he might get a few first downs, and then it's first down completion, second down completion, it's third and one, and they run the ball at the middle, and they get a two yard loss, and they still have to punt it, and you go, well Watson did everything he can, he can't call the plays and block and run and do all those things. So you gotta take all of that into account. But a special, special talent.


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[Assistant] And he's an incredible deep ball thrower, an incredible playmaker, and he just needs more support around him, plain and simple. That's all there is to him.


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[Assistant] It really does. You know, and hopefully everybody can appreciate this from me just being honest in my evaluation. I don't play favorites, even though this is my favorite quarterback of all time. He is. And I still think he's the greatest I've ever seen. Yeah, that's right.


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[Assistant] MVP, I know people are gonna have a hard time kind of swallowing, you know, the fact that he's the MVP and it was 40, you know, 45 and 8 and what are you, or 48 and 5, excuse me, and he's, he's, he dropped a spot.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, if, if I felt like Alan and my homes fell off, I mean, I, I'm not, I'm not gonna like...


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[Assistant] You know, it would take them slipping up. I think it's going to take them slipping too. And then him playing still phenomenal. Yeah. I mean, I think it's going to take that. You know, there's such forces of nature right now. Those two. And number two for you then is...


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[Assistant] Giddy up, giddy up, Josh Allen. Giddy up, giddy up, it's my boy Blue. That's right. Man, I'm telling you, no, it's my boy Blue. It's O'Aaron Rodgers. I mean, I went back and forth with this. You can ask the Sims family. Had a lot of conversations, had a few conversations around football too about this specific spot.


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[Assistant] Cause I was like, wait, I'm torn. They're both awesome. They both throw lasers everywhere around the football field. It's, it's unbelievable.


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[Assistant] When you go back and watch it, I mean, you certainly could argue that Josh Allen was the MVP of football last year. You certainly could. I mean, again, a team with no running system.


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[Assistant] He was second on their team in rushing. You know, you gotta add his eight touchdown rushes to the mix too. Cause it's a big part of what they do when they get in the six, seven yard line. They asked Josh Allen to score touchdowns, running the ball. And you know, he made more game changing, game saving.


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[Assistant] Unbelievable plays than maybe anybody in football last year, Josh Allen. And that's why he got the rank. Whether it's 3rd and 22, we're down to the Rams. Oh wait, that's Aaron Donald on my back? And he shrugs him off? And then...


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[Assistant] Runs to the right and throws a laser down the middle on 3rd and 22. Against the best evens in football. Oh, we needed a touchdown then to go win the game? No problem, guys. Okay. You know. Oh, it's 2nd and 10 in the playoff game. We're on our own 2 yard line. All the momentum's against us. I can't find any scrambles to the right. Throws a 40 yard bomb perfectly down the right sideline. It's just that all year long.


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[Assistant] It's all year long. So yes, Roger's more accurate.


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[Assistant] Definitely a little bit more of like I'm the surgical, like I'm talking about, but not so much more that he makes up for the difference of what Josh Allen brings to the playmaking table now. Josh Allen really got into surgical mode himself too. You watched him all year last year. He didn't, he was great from the pocket.


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[Assistant] But the thing is, is when there was nobody open or the pocket broke down.


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[Assistant] You know, you could argue nobody was more dangerous in football than Josh Allen last year.


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[Assistant] That's right. I mean, that's my homie, your homie, my homie. Whenever he's on, I watch my homie, your homie, my homie, my homie and me. That's right. Patrick Mahomes is still the number one quarterback in football. He's the best player in the NFL.


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[Assistant] You know, there's, there's really, again, we're talking about a guy that's got no weakness to his football game. There's really not. I mean, everything, whether it's quick decisions, right decisions,


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[Assistant] Uh, unbelievable throws off platforms, throwing in the pocket, subtle moves in the pocket, you know, the ability to extend plays outside the pocket.


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[Assistant] Throwing balls off of, you know, imbalanced footwork and things like that. There's nobody better in the game. And of course, I don't know if there's a team or an offense that's more based around one guy and his talents.


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[Assistant] You know, really in the NFL, and literally, I don't know if there's been one more that I can think of.


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[Assistant] Really in recent history that he would even compound with that. I mean it's, again.


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[Assistant] We're watching a guy who's gone to the AFC Championship game, the Super Bowl, and the Super Bowl, and they basically have just gone, here you go, defense.


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[Assistant] Okay, solid. Nothing great. It's all on you. Shotgun, we're gonna call plays that have never been seen in the history of the NFL, and we'll just zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, and you just float around back there and make it happen. Oh, okay, no problem. Two Super Bowl appearances and an AFC Championship appearance. No big deal. I mean, it's insane what they ask of him, how he delivers. Yes, they're talented, but


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[Assistant] I mean, I don't know, I think it speaks for itself. Was it a down year a little bit for him last year? Yeah, okay. You know, he was banged up a little bit here and there, but still, they had the bullseye on their back.


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[Assistant] Nobody brings more belief and magic to the football field, to their team, on a weekly basis than Patrick Mahomes.


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[Assistant] I was thinking about your moment here today, and I always love comparison, so go back to being a kid, last day of school before summer, go back to Texas, last day of spring ball, spring game is always kind of a similar awesome kind of feeling, and kind of what you're feeling right now today.


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[Assistant] Part of what might wear you out, we're going to take advantage of here today. We are strictly going to react, you're going to react to many, many questions that we get socially about


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[Assistant] It's a nice thing about being an adult. We get to have perspective. And when there's good and bad, you can focus a little more on the good, especially when the good is coming from people who matter a lot.


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[Assistant] Hopefully, hopefully the Twitter things that we get to here won't be too annoying. I think they are much more on the interesting and intriguing side. Pete D did a nice job of picking out all these questions. Before we get to all the ask me anything questions, let's start out with a peek at your top 40 countdown, now that it's done. And I'd like to ask you to kind of


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[Assistant] Break them into, into tiers. I mean, we did them by groups of four or five. Four and five throughout the last couple of months. If you yourself could have like lines of demarcation where there's a real difference or a gap in talent, where would those numbers show up?


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[Assistant] I just need to point out that you had the line of demarcation between the quarterback of America's team and the Super Bowl winning quarterback. I know.


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[Assistant] You got some proving to do to me. And that's the numbers there, Chris, at 27 down to 40. Down to seven. Five rookies. Right. You have five rookies in there.


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[Assistant] Let's back up and go to the top. I think I heard you say that 1 through 5, and that was your first tier, really kind of all in that same group. Are you saying anybody 1 through 5, Mahomes, Allen Rogers, Watson, Wilson, could be number 1 next year?


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[Assistant] I think the initial surprise, whether it's a, it's a fan or someone personnel wise may have to Alan being that high. You can get past it with a, oh man, he was, he was unbelievably improved last year. Yeah, they did win more than almost every other team. His completion percentage was great. His physical potential is still going way up.


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[Assistant] I think the initial, oh that's not right, can get turned around 30 seconds or 5 minutes later when you really break it down into categories and he does check a lot of boxing.


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[Assistant] I think outside of Lamar Jackson, I don't know another quarterback that has more called running plays.


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[Assistant] That was a very good sell job. Thank you. Yeah. Even without that one that remains out there.


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[Assistant] We'll have to get to it next uh, next fall. This is the last one. That was a good warm up for the Ask Me Anything. Okay, number 40 is where we're gonna start. Case Keenum.


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[Assistant] Hypotheticals. Oh my gosh. Okay. You ready for this category? Yeah. At Leedale UK. Love the pod guys. No sign of crabs on the loose in West London. That must have come up with Amit. I'm not sure what that is.


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[Assistant] So that's not happening in West London, but we'll keep looking. Your quarterback ranking was based on being on an average team. Reversing that, which team wins the Super Bowl if everyone had Case Keenum at quarterback? That's a brilliant question. Brilliant. That's well thought out.


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[Assistant] It's a lot of reps for Case Keenum. He's playing every down for every team.


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[Assistant] Nice late addition there with the Rams and the Niners. Thank you. So who wins? Who wins it? I'm gonna go New Orleans.


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[Assistant] Nice. Yeah. I think, it's New Orleans or Tampa. Proven history of winning with different quarterbacks.


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[Assistant] This category is Sims top 50 quarterback countdown with a question on the end. Ron Burgundy style to see if that would actually happen. Let's take a look at your list. 40 through 21. This question from Jonathan Wise. After you finished releasing the top four, you should do 41 through 50. I'd be interested to see.


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[Assistant] The order you have your fringe starters and backups in, side note, aside from Jalen Hurts, who else was on the cusp of making the top 40?


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[Assistant] Let's say you removed your sixth rookie because you had a bunch of those rookies there at the end and plugged in one guy who didn't make it. Who would that first one be?


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[Assistant] Keep that in mind. Okay, so cats with knives. Try not to be a homer here, but if Hertz isn't on this list, in top 20 next year I'll buy you an airport cheeseburger. Is there an airport cheeseburger thing that I missed?


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[Assistant] How long was it down? Laguardia at the old or the newer? Laguardia.


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[Assistant] Poor decision. Yes, poor decision. In the end of poor decision by you. Thank you, cats with knives. Okay, biggest concern.


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[Assistant] If he's in the top 20, airport cheeseburger that I'm gonna assume was not dropped.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it was, uh, which specific ranking are you most worried about where our quarterback is now and where he might end up this year?


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[Assistant] Josh Allen. We got a couple of Josh Allen, but we've hit Josh pretty hard. So I'm just going to do one of these. This is from ja17mvp underscore bib. Do you agree with Jordan Palmer that Josh Allen is the most physically gifted quarterback of all time? Arm talent, size, mental strength and speed.


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[Assistant] That's where most physically gifted all time, that's about three or four standard deviations more severe than you having them at two. As I said, you having it at two, you can look at me like, you know what? That's not...


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[Assistant] That's not outlandish at all with the winning, the improvements, the physical gifts, all of it. But most physically gifted all time. I know.


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[Assistant] I always have to point out when something like this is said or stated that he's not saying he's the best quarterback of all time. Being the most physically gifted, he may not have him in his top 25 or top 50 of all time. Who knows?


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[Assistant] So Josh was number two, you're number three quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Here's one question about Aaron. It's from at Jason Brown, NTAF. Big fan, been listening since before the first list. Was Rodgers closer to Mahomes this year? Seems like Allen inserted himself into the mix while Rodgers also closed the gap.


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[Assistant] Passing concepts, but the Ravens have far better talent overall.


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[Assistant] So this is a, this is an example here. It's not all just physical talent and potential. You did draw upon, I've seen Lamar do it when you're looking to break the tie. I've seen him go there. I've seen him playing big games.


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[Assistant] Keep it right there because at weedhat50, respect the DJ Screw shout out on the 12.9 pod. Where does Lamar need to improve his mechanics and accuracy?


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[Assistant] Number five quarterback was Russell Wilson at Mehmet 305. He's been on the show a lot. Do you think Shane Waldron, new offensive coordinator from the Rams, can help Russell Wilson become a more complete quarterback? It looks like he can still be a better pocket passer and his awareness can get better. This is tough to...


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[Assistant] If you're going to improve Wilson because he's had long stretches throughout his career where he's looked like not just a top five, but a top two or three.


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[Assistant] Pete is producing this list because the question about number 14, quarterback Derek Carr, is tied in.


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[Assistant] You don't get to wait for Cleveland, maybe they do, maybe it happens this year, but you don't get to wait for a good quarterback on a good team to take that next step before you pay him that money. A lot of times you just have to say,


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[Assistant] Seen enough, gonna swallow hard. I, I, I'm pretty sure he can go from top 15 to top 10 and we can go from 9 or 10 wins to 13 or 14 wins and you just gotta do it. Like, he has earned that kind of, that leap of faith, which it is. He might not become that quarterback, but he's shown enough, I think, to get that benefit of the doubt.


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[Assistant] And every owner's gotta swallow hard. Unless it's a top five quarterback, those guys from 6 through 15,


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[Assistant] It's, uh, you're gonna stay up at night and wonder, but I think he's earned it.


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[Assistant] This question has to do with your 12th ranked quarterback Ryan Tannehill from Orion Chuzzlewit. Hey guys, we're seeing the Titan style run heavy deep shot off play action offense spread like wildfire throughout the NFL. Yes. If you were D coordinator this off season, how would you set up to counter this? Similar to how we now have quote Seattle beaters on the other side of the ball.


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[Assistant] So that answer, which was a good one, was a lot more about personnel than it was about scheme. And there's a ripple effect. So, corners who can cover, lots of them, big defensive linemen, and I'm going to add on what I think you're saying too.


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[Assistant] Also safety like linebackers, not the big giant run stuffing linebacker, but a guy who can play safety as well. If his first two steps are back, he's playing the pass.


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[Assistant] Sam Darnold showing up at 19, being in the top 20. Brought out a lot of opinions from people. See, I told you this was a big spot. I know. There's only one Sam question. At Jacob Nason 3, I don't understand how Darnold moved up on your list. He missed more games due to injury and he played awful. How does that move him up? He didn't play awful.


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[Assistant] You don't start this, this list with last year's list, or do you?


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[Assistant] At DCISO has a problem here with the rankings. He thinks he's cited. Why do you have the more athletic Taysom Hill over Jameis Winston, but then the less athletic Mack Jones over Trey Lance and Justin Fields?


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[Assistant] Have you changed your mind, or do you mean compared to your average quarterback? To me, his run success was mostly due to the subpar FCS competition, Big Fish Small Pond.


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[Assistant] A rookie who didn't show up on your list, Davis Mills. This question from Abraham Akui. Why are you so low on Davis Mills? Why is he just a career backup? I've seen some compare him to Andrew Luck.


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[Assistant] Pete has slided this into a good spot here in the show. Let's look at the offensive rookie of the year quarterback odds provided by


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[Assistant] So if, if you're just listening, it's Trevor Lawrence, most likely quarterback to be named rookie of the year, field second, Lance third, then Wilson Jones, Davis Mills, and Cal Trass.


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[Assistant] You read into things. In August, we'll have actual, you know, they're in pads, they're practicing. Right. Uh, but at this time of year, exactly. Yeah. What else are you gonna do? Yeah. You ready for some Cam Newton?


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[Assistant] Yeaah. Yeaah. Let's go. He's been a, he's been a, uh. Oh, I know.


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[Assistant] I haven't read it yet. I'm going to read it to live with you here. This is from at, uh, dillyhan. He says, Hey, I'm a sims and left code day one 33 percenter. I need an explanation on 33 percenter.


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[Assistant] Okay. Yes. So, uh, Dilly Han wants to give a shout out to that. What up? Biggest listener in British Columbia. What is Cam Newton's ceiling on the Sims 2022 Top 40 quarterback rank?


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[Assistant] If I said 90% likely that he will not ever be in the top 10 again, would you talk me out of that? 90% too high?


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[Assistant] Six rookies on this list too. Who are coming. Let's say half of those play pretty well. Yes. They're probably going to be ahead of them too.


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[Assistant] He was number 6 back in 2018. That was the first time you did this list. Yeaah. Back with Bleacher Report. Right. Uh, and the question, can you get back into the top 10? We just talked about that a little bit too. So, alright, throwback. Wanna do a little throwback?


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[Assistant] 2006 Sims Fantasy Files. Oh my gosh. Let's see where Pete's going here. Uh oh, I know where he's going. Justin Bigler 78. Love the podcast. Next one you have to break down, next one you have break down this for us. Let's take a look at whatever this is.


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[Assistant] Boom. That's so doctored. Boom. That's so fixed. How many times? How many times you have to do that?


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[Assistant] I don't know what was more 2006, like, the shape of your number two? Or my baggy shorts?


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[Assistant] Well done. Well classified there. Rob's a man. Here's a heading for you. Big f**ker versus little f**ker. Alright? From Atnik Snapper. Was Chris Sims a better college quarterback than Phil Sims?


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[Assistant] This is the best topic yet. Okay, you ready? Okay. Top 10 quarterbacks you'd want to drink Woodford Reserve with. Don't ask Pete.


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[Assistant] Okay, here we go. This is the, uh, this is from Bush League Babble. If you're drinking with Tom Brady, it'll be a championship parade, so I'll pick him.