Hour 2: How do you Rank the 2024 QB Class?

First Take

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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First Take resumes with the loaded 2024 QB class: Williams, Daniels, Maye and a few more still trying to prove themselves. Mina Kimes picks her favorite. (0:00) Then, the Jazz pulled their starters going into the 4th quarter of a close game. Other teams like the Nets and Pacers are preparing to go into MEGAtank mode after the All-Star break. Has the NBA's tanking issue officially gone TOO far? (12:30) Next, a bad Super Bowl performance and subpar playoff run from Drake Maye has us wondering if the Patriots should be AFC favorites heading into next season. (28:50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.5	Number five, Iowa State will host number nine Kansas at one eastern.
0:45.1	Then 14th-ranked Florida will host number 25 Kentucky.
0:52.9	It was a special sophomore year in the NFL for Drake May after the Patriots went four and 13 in May's rookie season.
1:00.6	The UNC grad made a statement in 2025, throwing for over 4,000 passing yards to go with 35 total touchdowns. An MVP runner-up finish and a Super Bowl appearance.
1:03.8	The 2024 draft was loaded with talented quarterbacks.
1:06.7	Four of these QBs have led their team to the playoffs, including Drake May, who led the Patriots
1:11.0	to the Super Bowl and his only second year in the NFL.
1:14.4	Let's welcome in Mina Kimes now.
1:15.9	And Mina, if we're going to re-rank the quarterback draft class from 2024, who would
1:21.0	you draft first at this point?
1:24.3	Well, first I want to say, I'm glad you highlighted how good that quarterback class has been
1:28.4	because I keep hearing, oh, young quarterbacks are failed by the NFL and we don't let them
1:33.3	develop. Look at the 2024 class and how successful they've been already. Please hold this class up
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