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The Lead

How NFL Coaches Rank The League’s QBs

The Lead

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Nothing determines an NFL team's success more than the guy who lines up under center. But one of the trickiest things in the sport is figuring out which guys can really move the needle. For the past eight years, The Athletic's Mike Sando has polled coaches, general managers, and other decision makers from around the league to rank the NFL's best (and worst) quarterbacks. He joins us today to share some of the insights he gained from talking to these people and gives us his best guess as to which one of the incoming rookie quarterbacks could be a difference maker for his team in year one.

Read Mike Sando's Quarterback Tiers story here: https://theathletic.com/2727336/2021/07/28/2021-nfl-quarterback-tiers-50-coaches-and-evaluators-rank-the-leagues-starters/

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0:46.0

The NFL season is approaching fast and every fan out there is clinging to some form of hope, especially me.

1:01.0

But the reality is in today's NFL, you're not going anywhere if you don't have a star QB.

1:07.0

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a second Super Bowl title in franchise history.

1:14.0

And Tom Brady doesn't pass the torch quite yet to my home.

1:18.0

The Athletics Mike Sando has talked to decision makers from around the league to determine the signal callers who can really call themselves the best in the business.

1:28.0

Today he joins us to break down which players are fighting for the top spots and who might be the league's most exciting up-and-comers.

1:37.0

From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Tuesday, August 17th, and this is The Lead.

1:44.0

So Mike, you've been out on the road for the past few weeks, traveling to a bunch of NFL teams, training camps, and watching some pre-season matchups.

1:55.0

And obviously you weren't able to attend any training camps last year due to the pandemic.

2:00.0

So what's your travel schedule look like so far? Just how hectic is it being Mike Sando right now?

2:07.0

It's really wonderful. You know, it's been great to get back out despite the obvious scare of the Delta variant for a while.

2:14.0

I was wondering if we would get back on the road, but I had a weekend in Canton, Ohio for the Hall of Fame.

2:19.0

And then really did a driving tour from there. I went to the Cleveland Browns. I went to the Detroit Lions from Detroit to Indianapolis, where the Panthers were practicing.

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