TIERS: Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson & Joe Burrow ELEVATE QB Rankings

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4.6 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

NFL quarterback rankings ignite debate: Can teams win big without a “10 out of 10” signal-caller? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs tier all 32 starting QBs, weighing elite arms like Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford, and Josh Allen. The conversation spotlights how youth, aging, and potential shape the quarterback hierarchy, with surprise nods for names like Jordan Love, Brock Purdy, and Dak Prescott among the top tiers. Key talking points include the future trajectories of Drake Maye and Sam Darnold, questions surrounding veterans like Kirk Cousins and Aaron Rodgers, and the viability of young passers such as Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, and Jayden Daniels. As the hosts dissect each tier, they challenge assumptions on what makes a QB a true franchise cornerstone, analyze the impact of supporting casts, and reveal which teams may be on the brink—or stuck in a holding pattern—heading into the next NFL season.

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0:00.0	We're tearing all 32 starting quarterbacks in the NFL right now.
0:10.8	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes,
0:15.8	your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting part of the locked on podcast network your team
0:23.2	every day what's better than this it's guys being dudes i'm joe marino he's kyle crabs today's
0:33.3	episode is brought to you by game time download the the GameTime app, creating an account and use
0:38.2	code locked on for $20 off your first purchase. Joe, are you ready to make some people
0:44.7	irrationally upset about an opinion that ultimately will have no impact whatsoever on the
0:50.8	2026 NFL season? Brother, that is what we do in the summer when you're an NFL podcaster.
0:57.5	It is true.
0:58.3	And we at least try to have some nuance behind it, right?
1:02.2	We've shown our work over the last nine weeks.
1:05.5	We've done a spotlight on each one of your teams.
1:08.5	Now, there's been some that didn't think we did any work at all even after we talked about
1:13.4	20,
1:14.1	but that's okay.
1:17.4	One thing that you and I,
1:19.2	I think I'm speaking for both of us,
1:21.6	uh,
1:21.9	we very vehemently believe is that tears is greater than lists for the hierarchy of quarterbacks in the NFL.
1:33.3	And we didn't really dive into a lot of these quarterbacks because this is such, it's a big slice of what these teams are going to be.
1:41.0	But then there's so much nuance as far as like, imagine getting into the,
1:47.5	you know what contest about whether your guy was listed third or sixth or second and you're mad.
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