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from a Greg Easterbrook article: When Being No. 1 Isn't a Good Thing Year QB Team Yards Result 2007 Tom Brady Patriots 4806 ??? 2006 Drew Brees Saints 4418 Lost NFC championship 2005 Tom Brady Patriots 4110 Lost division round 2004 Daunte Culpepper Vikings 4717 Lost division round 2003 Peyton Manning Colts 4267 Lost AFC championship 2002 Rich Gannon Raiders 4689 Lost Super Bowl 2001 Kurt Warner Rams 4830 Lost Super Bowl 2000 Peyton Manning Colts 4413 Lost wild card 1999 Steve Beuerlein Panthers 4436 Missed playoffs 1998 Brett Favre Packers 4212 Lost wild card 1997 Jeff George Raiders 3917 Missed playoffs 1996 Mark Brunell Jaguars 4367 Lost AFC championship 1995 Brett Favre Packers 4413 Lost NFC championship 1994 Drew Bledsoe Patriots 4555 Lost wild card 1993 John Elway Broncos 4030 Lost wild card 1992 Dan Marino Dolphins 4116 Lost AFC championship 1991 Warren Moon Oilers 4690 Lost division round 1990 Warren Moon Oilers 4689 Lost wild card 1989 Don Majkowski Packers 4318 Missed playoffs 1988 Dan Marino Dolphins 4434 Missed playoffs 1987 Neil Lomax Cardinals 3387 Missed playoffs 1986 Dan Marino Dolphins 4746 Missed playoffs 1985 Dan Marino Dolphins 4137 Lost AFC championship 1984 Dan Marino Dolphins 5084 Lost Super Bowl 1983 Lynn Dickey Packers 4458 Missed playoffs 1982 Dan Fouts Chargers 2883 Lost division round 1981 Dan Fouts Chargers 4802 Lost AFC championship 1980 Dan Fouts Chargers 4715 Lost AFC championship 1979 Dan Fouts Chargers 4082 Lost division round 1978 Fran Tarkenton Vikings 3468 Lost division round 1977 Joe Ferguson Bills 2803 Missed playoffs 1976 Bert Jones Colts 3104 Lost division round 1975 Ken Anderson Bengals 3169 Lost division round 1974 Ken Anderson Bengals 2667 Missed playoffs 1973 Roman Gabriel Eagles 3219 Missed playoffs 1972 Joe Namath Jets 2816 Missed playoffs 1971 John Hadl Chargers 3075 Missed playoffs 1970 John Brodie 49ers 2941 Lost NFC championship 1969 Daryle Lamonica Raiders 3302 Lost AFL championship 1968 John Hadl Chargers 3473 Missed playoffs 1967 Joe Namath Jets 4007 Missed playoffs 1966 Joe Namath Jets 3379 Missed playoffs

You win Famousb - You've convinced me! High round draft picks have no effect on existing starting players at that position. By the way if thats the case since you insist that it is, why did you start this thread to begin with ?

that would be funny if there ws such a thing as QBBC, maybe there is the fact is Reid loves to limit Westbrook's touches and theres another somewhat high pick RB in the mix, feel free to interpret that how you wish

RB draft thoughts no RBs for Denver? THenry bumped up 3rd round RB for Philly? BWestbrook bumped down

I wouldn't put much faith the the injury reports for the Colts-Pats game. Nearly every player is on it - some sort of retaliation by the Colts over how the Pats tend to abuse the injury reports.

why bother

I'm convinced you need "A Little Help"

nice analysis, Atlanta's week one clampdown on NFC superbowl favs Carolina was particularly impressive (even without SteveSmith). Cincinatti's D deserves attention also.

anxiously awaiting the TE rankings & clever comments, Soloist : 1.) Antonio Gates - don't say no to Antonio, open the floodGates!

Brad Gluckman, how do you know the players that are currently on the team are not "looking better than ever, or came into camp at a good weight"? Seems an odd leap of logic to conclude that Favre is losing it based on that quote unless you have any meaningful information to the contrary.

I'm curious why you went with CJ as the first WR taken in the draft?

Kevin Jones is the obvious choice. He was dominant last season when given the ball. There is no way teams can put 8 in the box against Detroit this year with their WRs. Not to mention Pollard. Look for Detroit to explode offensively. Bart predicts 1500 and 13 TDs for Jones. It's a lock.

I'm pretty sure you would have seen a similar article about Favre when he was starting out in Atlanta years ago ie 'Falcons question Favre's future, not impressing so far'. This is next to meaningless until Rodgers hits the field and gets his first start... wgas

Other than the fact that both players are causing trouble for each team I don't see a connection. Jones has proven himself on the field while Lelie has been disappointing. I can see why the Bears have a conflict between playing Benson and Jones versus the $$ each is getting but this hardly seems like a good solution.

Steven Jackson is overrated! There I said it.