Below are Sweaty’s completely unbiased year-end quarterback power rankings. The opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views of HFTE and its staff.
1- Alex Smith Best QB of 2012.
2- Jay Cutler Second best, his team was awful without him.
3- Robert Griffin III Best rookie QB ever?
4- Peyton Manning Best old man QB.
5- Russell Wilson Second best rookie QB ever?
6- Eli Manning Best Elite QB.
7- Matt Schuab Best fantasy QB for me this year.
8- Aaron Rodgers Best QB in Wisconsin.
9- Tom Brady Best QB ever to wear UGGs?
10- Joe Flacco Good QB.
11- Andrew Luck Good for a rookie.
12- Matt Ryan Good for a good team.
13- Josh Freeman Pretty good.
14- Drew Brees Good not best year.
15- Andy Dalton Good ginger QB.
16- Matthew Stafford Good for Detroit, who isn’t used to having good QBs.
17- Brandon Weeden Good for an old rookie.
18- Jake Locker Kinda good I guess.
19- John Skelton How Ken Whisenhunt treated this guy is a travesty.
20- Chad Henne Good fill in for the injured QB.
21- Philip Rivers This guy sucks.
22- Ryan Fitzpatrick This guy sucks.
23- Ben Roethlisberger I hate this guy.
24- Ryan Tannehill Could be better.
25- Cam Newton Could be better.
26- Sam Bradford Could be better.
27- Carson Palmer USC sucks.
28- Mark Sanchez USC sucks.
29- Matt Cassel USC sucks.
30- Michael Vick Could be better.
31- Nick Foles Reached his peak.
32- Blaine Gabbert This guy sucks.
33- Christian Ponder This guy sucks.
34- Ryan Lindley This guy blows.
35- Brady Quinn Now he’s done.
36- Tony Romo Second worst QB to ever start in the NFL.
37- Colin Kaepernick Worst QB to ever start in the NFL.
Discuss.
I assume Tebow did not meet the minimum qualifications of “is a quarterback” to rate on your list.
Correct. Others would include: Jason Campbell, Charlie Batch, Greg McElroy and Joe Webb.