Regardless of how irrational it may seem, or the empirical evidence that proves there are more “busts” than “hits” from players drafted at that position, nothing brings on more hope for NFL teams – and their fans – than when the team selects a quarterback with a first round pick in the NFL Draft.
But as we all know, those players are – statistically speaking – less likely to change the trajectory of their franchise (like a John Elway or Dan Marino) than they are to completely make a mess for several years and force the team to make a way-too-early pick in the NFL Draft just a few years later.
Want proof? Check out this list of 32 quarterbacks selected in the first round of the NFL Draft that turned out to be so disastrous that they both tanked their own careers, and ravaged the immediate futures of their franchise in the process.
Gary says
How did Heath Shuler not make this list! Arguably the greatest flop QB in Redskins history, if not the entire NFL.
Dave Lahrs says
I would put JP Lossman in the top 10 worse #1 picks ever made!! I’m from Buffalo & week after week we’d had to watch him mess up. He was a total loss!!