There's No Way Anybody Is Naming All These NFL Quarterbacks In Just One Try
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The success of any National Football League team is largely dependent on the quarterback. These players control the offense on the field, lead the team off the field, and serve as the face of the franchise. Teams go through great lengths to find themselves a “franchise quarterback” to build the rest of their team, coaching staff, and offensive system around for their long-term success.
Some quarterbacks earn starting roles right out of college, some spend time as second-string to perfect their craft under a veteran player, and others serve as backups every season. Some spend their entire stint in the league with the same franchise, while others jump from team to team, only filling temporary roles at the position where needed.
These A-list celebrities of the sporting world fall under heavy scrutiny for their every action on and off the field. Some made them world famous, and others made them fall into obscurity. Bht all of this made them a part of this amazing quiz. From the face of the franchise to third-string, rookie to long-time veteran, this quiz will test fans’ knowledge of active NFL quarterbacks to figure out if they are the G.O.A.T or just a casual football fanatic.
Name This Titans QB
Drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the 2nd overall pick in the 2015 draft, this QB earned a 158.3 passer rating, which is the highest rating achievable. He was the first quarterback in over fifty years to reach this rating in their first start as a professional. This player also became first rookie signal-caller to find the end zone through the air in the first half of his NFL debut four times. He attended the University of Oregon and, in his junior year, became the first Hawaii-born player to win the Heisman Trophy in 2014. This QB haven proven to be effective throwing and running the football. (Wikipedia)
Name This Rookie QB
As the first ever walk-on player to win a Heisman Trophy, this QB was drafted in 2018 as the Cleveland Browns’ first round and first overall pick. He starting playing college football at Texas Tech before transferring to the University of Oklahoma after rumors of scholarship issues and miscommunication with the coach. After the starter Tyrod Taylor was hurt, this QB earned a starting role for the Browns in his rookie season and led them to the franchise’s first win in 635 days. Because of the circumstances surrounding his transfers, the NCAA needed to create a new rule which they named after this player. (Wikipedia)
Name This Backup QB
The Green Bay Packers drafted this NFL quarterback as the 147th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2015 draft. He remained at Green Bay through the 2017 season before being traded to the Seattle Seahawks. This player began his time in Green Bay as the third string QB behind Aaron Rodgers and Scott Tolzien before taking over backup duties behind Rodgers. In the 2017 season, Rodgers hurt his collarbone and this QB took over the starting role. During that time, this signal caller finished the season with more interceptions thrown than touchdown passes and only two scores on the ground. (Wikipedia)
Name This Star QB
Drafted by the New England Patriots as the 199th overall pick in the sixth round, this QB is considered to be one of, if not the, greatest quarterback of all time. He has won five Super Bowls with the Patriots, four Super Bowl MVP awards, and three NFL MVP awards. He is the owner of several NFL records, including Most Games Won by a Quarterback, Most Touchdown Passes with One Team, and most Playoff Games Won by a Starting Quarterback. At 41 years old, this player is still proving to be an elite quarterback who can outplay the young stars.(Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
The New York Giants drafted this Chargers QB with the fourth overall pick in the 2004 draft before trading him to the Chargers for their first overall pick, who went on to lead that franchise. This QB served a third-string role in his rookie season and a backup role in his second season behind the then starter, Drew Brees. Brees had to miss games and this QB stepped up to the starting spot, which he kept the following year after Brees moved on from San Diego. Since taking over the Chargers' offense, this player has proven to be one of the league's best.(Wikipedia)
Name This Backup Super Bowl Winner
In the third round of the 2012 NFL draft, the Philadelphia Eagles drafted this QB with the 88th overall pick. He served as backup to Michael Vick before Vick missed games due to his health, which gave this player the starting role. After spending a time with the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs, this player returned the Philadelphia to backup QB Carson Wentz. After Wentz went down with a torn ACL, this player led the Eagles into the playoffs and defeated the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl in 2017. He was named Super Bowl MVP for his efforts. (Wikipedia)
Name This Star QB
The Green Bay Packers drafted this QB in with the 24th overall pick in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. He backed up another NFL legend for three years before becoming a legend in his own right, and led the Packers to a Super Bowl victory in 2010. He boasts the best passer rating in NFL history, holds the record for most pass attempts thrown without an interception, and is considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He is known for his ability to extend plays and throw accurately while outside the pocket. (Wikipedia)
Name This QB
This QB began college football at Rutgers University before transferring to Arizona and then again transferring to the University of Pittsburgh. With the 135th overall pick in the 2014 draft, this QB was drafted by the Houston Texans in the fourth round. After serving as a rotational starter behind Ryan Fitzpatrick, Brock Osweiler, and DeShaun Watson, this QB left the Texans and jumped from team to team before eventually landing on the Cincinnati Bengals, where he plays as backup now. He has not started a game since the 2017 season, and when he did start, his play was unimpressive. (Wikipedia)
Name This Young QB
This Heisman Trophy winner with the University of Louisville was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens with their first round pick and 32nd overall in the 2018 NFL draft. He was voted unanimously a national award for his play in his sophomore year at Louisville. After winning the Heisman in his sophomore year, he was a finalist for the award after his junior year, but lost out to Baker Mayfield. He began his rookie season as the Ravens’ backup quarterback behind Joe Flacco, but after Flacco was hurt, this rookie earned the starting role, and proved to be a gifted runner. (Wikipedia)
Name This MVP QB
After winning the Heisman Trophy and College National Championship with Auburn University in 2010, this player was drafted as the first overall pick in the first round of the 2011 draft by the Carolina Panthers. He won the 2011 NFL Rookie of the Year and the 2015 NFL Regular Season MVP and Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Panthers to a 15-1 season and a trip to the Super Bowl. An amazing talent, this player can run the football well and throw with power and precision. Before attending Auburn, this QB acted as Tim Tebow’s backup with the Florida Gators. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
This NFL star played college football for the University of Wisconsin and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round with their 12th and 75th overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft. Before professional football, this QB played minor league baseball for the Tri-City Dust Devils and Asheville Tourists as a second baseman. He holds the second highest regular season passer rating throughout his professional play, won a Super Bowl with the Seahawks in 2013, and made another Super Bowl appearance in 2014. This player is known for his ability to scramble and make quality plays outside of the pocket. (Wikipedia)
Name This QB
Drafted by the Baltimore Ravens as the 18th pick in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft, this QB played his college football with the University of Delaware after transferring from the University of Pittsburgh. He won the 2012 Super Bowl with the Ravens after defeating the San Francisco 49ers and earned the Super Bowl MVP award. After tying Joe Montana’s record for most single-season postseason touchdown passes without an interception, this QB signed a six-year contract for Baltimore. Since his stellar Super Bowl year with the Ravens, this player never really reached that impressive level of play again. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
He played college football for the University of Houston before being signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2012. This QB remained there before being waived prior to the start of the 2014 season. He was then picked up by the St. Louis Rams, then resigned with the Houston Texans, and was traded back to the Rams in 2015. In 2017, he was signed by the Vikings and took over for an hurt Sam Bradford, until the end of their season. He was then signed to the Denver Broncos as their starter for the 2018 season. (Wikipedia)
Name This Packers Backup
With the 52nd overall pick in the second round of the 2017 draft, the Cleveland Browns drafted this QB out of the University of Notre Dame. Though he beat out Brock Osweiler, Cody Kessler, and Kevin Hogan for the Browns’ starting spot, the signal-caller could not seal a victory for the Browns during his time there. He was traded to the Green Bay Packers in 2018, where he played for less than a half for the hurt Aaron Rodgers. His performance was unimpressive and the team fell behind by halftime. Rodgers returned for the second half and led the team to victory over the Bears. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
This NFL star attended Stanford University, receiving national accolades as one of the country’s best young players. He was the Heisman Trophy runner-up for two consecutive years, both in 2010 and 2011. This QB was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall pick of the 2012 NFL draft. This signal caller is a gifted passer, but during his time in the NFL, he has proven to be an effective runner as well. Though he has struggled with missing games, when healthy, he has proven to be the amazing talent the league expected him to become and has led the Colts to multiple postseason appearances. (Wikipedia)
Name This 49ers QB
This 49ers quarterback was drafted by the New England Patriots in 2014 with their second round, 62nd overall pick in the NFL draft. He served as Tom Brady’s backup in New England, winning two Super Bowls with the team and starting two games, which he won. After being traded to San Francisco in 2017, this QB won his first five starts with the 49ers, which brought him to 7-0 as a starter, last accomplished by Ben Roethlisberger in 2004. His 2018 season, the first season he was named the starter before Week 1, was less impressive and ended when he hurt his knee and was ruled out for the season's remainder. (Wikipedia)
Name This Dolphins QB
The Denver Broncos drafted this QB in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft with the 57th overall pick. He served as Peyton Manning’s backup until his fourth season, when Manning was hurt. This QB kept the Broncos in a playoff spot until Manning returned for the postseason and won Super Bowl 50. This QB then signed with the Houston Texans with a huge contract to be their starter, but was unable to perform well and was traded to the Browns, released, resigned with the Broncos, and then finally signed with the Miami Dolphins for the 2018 season to back up Ryan Tannehill. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting Texans QB
After winning the 2016 College National Championship with Clemson University, this QB was drafted by the Houston Texans with the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft. He acted as the backup to Tom Savage before replacing him at halftime against the Jacksonville Jaguars. This young player kept the starting role before hurting his ACL, which ended his season. After he was able to heal, he returned in the 2018 season as the Texans’ starting quarterback. Though his 2018 season did not begin as impressively as the previous year, he was able to work through the bad play and starting rolling again. (Wikipedia)
Name This Redskins QB
In the first round 2009 NFL draft, the New York Jets used their 5th overall pick to draft this quarterback from the University of Southern California. He led the Jets to consecutive conference finals in his first two seasons. His next two seasons did not enjoy the same success and he was eventually benched and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, followed by short stints for the Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, and eventually the Washington Redskins, and was able to earn a very brief starting role. Again, his ineffectiveness with the football earned him a role as backup. (Wikipedia)
Name This Chicago QB
The Chicago Bears drafted this QB with the second overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft. Despite a strong preseason, this young player was named the backup behind Mike Glennon. Glennon lost the starting gig after just three games, and this quarterback has led the Chicago Bears and starting signal-caller ever since. In a game that earned this QB his highest single game passer-rating, he threw six touchdown passes, including five in the first half alone. His impressive play, along with the Bears' top level defense, has turned the Chicago organization into playoff contenders once again. (Wikipedia)
Name This Vikings QB
This starting QB was drafted in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft with the 102nd overall pick by the Washington Redskins. The Redskins also drafted with their first round pick Robert Griffin III, who served as the starter with this fellow rookie as his backup. Unable to stay healthy, Griffin III lost his starting role to this player, who played well for Washington until the end of the 2017 season, when he signed a long-term deal with the Minnesota Vikings. Though the Vikings have had a roller coaster season under this QB, his play has stayed at a high level. (Wikipedia)
Name This Backup QB
This player became the oldest player ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft at the age of 28. The Cleveland Browns drafted him with the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 draft. After signing with the Cleveland Browns, this QB battled back and forth for a starting role before signing with the Dallas Cowboys, followed by the Houston Texans, the Tennessee Titans, and then resigning with the Houston Texans in 2018. He spent most of his seasons as a third-string or back-up quarterback, never playing up to the high draft position in which he was taken. (Wikipedia)
Name This Oakland QB
This Oakland Raiders quarterback was drafted in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft with the 36th overall pick after playing college football at Fresno State. He became the first Oakland Raiders rookie signal-caller to ever start in Week 1, and was the only rookie of his 2014 class to start the opening week of their rookie season. In 2017, he signed a contract with the Raiders that at the time made him the highest paid player in the NFL. His team's poor performance in the 2018 season, along with questionable trades, had this player go through a coaching change, and since then, the team's play has been better. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
This undrafted quarterback was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as a free agent in 2017. He was listed as fourth on the niners QB depth chart and was later signed to the practice squad for the remainder of the 2017 season. After Jimmy Garoppolo tore his ACL, this player was resigned to the active roster to backup C. J. Beathard, who was hurt shortly after. This player took on a starting role in the next game and earned an impressive passer rating of 151.9. He attempted to throw the ball over twenty times in that game, making his rating even more impressive. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting Cowboys QB
With the 135th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2016 draft, the Dallas Cowboys drafted this quarterback to serve as backup to their franchise signal-caller, Tony Romo. After Romo was hurt in the preseason, this QB became the Cowboys starter in his rookie year. In his first season in the league, he led the Cowboys to a first place seed in their conference, was named the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year, and earned a Pro Bowl selection. Though he has not enjoyed the same success as his rookie campaign, this player has still been able to play at an impressive level for the Cowboys. (Wikipedia)
Name This Bengals QB
The Cincinnati Bengals drafted this QB in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft with the 35th overall pick. After earning the starting job over veteran Bruce Gradkowski, this young player began what would be a prolific rookie QB/Wide Receiver combo with fellow Bengal A.J. Green. Since his rookie season, he has set franchise records in passing yards and touchdowns in a single season and led the Bengals to the playoffs in each of his first four seasons. Though the lack of team success for the Bengals has kept his name rather quiet, this QB has consistently been a quality player in the NFL. (Wikipedia)
Name This Backup QB
This Cleveland Browns QB was drafted in the sixth round with the 180th pick of the 2011 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens. He served as Joe Flacco’s backup during the Ravens Super Bowl win in 2012 before signing with the Buffalo Bills. This player was the Bills starting QB and led the team to their first playoff appearance in 18 years. In 2018, he was traded to the Cleveland Browns where he was named starter over rookie Baker Mayfield, but was later replaced by Mayfield, who kept the starting role after a string of impressive showings and wins. (Wikipedia)
Name This Star QB
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted this NFL star in the first round of the 2017 draft with the 10th overall pick. In 2017, he served as backup to QB Alex Smith and did not see any playing time until week 17 against the Denver Broncos. After an impressive showing, the Chiefs traded Alex Smith before the 2018 season and named this player as their starter. He went on the set several NFL records in the start of the 2018 campaign, and has led one of the most exciting and dynamic offenses in the NFL, making the Chiefs one of the favorites for this year's Super Bowl. (Wikipedia)
Name This Backup QB
This New Orleans Saints backup was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the NFL draft. This player went 32nd in the draft, which is the last pick of the first round. He served as backup to veteran Matt Cassel before Cassel was hurt and ruled out for the season. This QB began an impressive string of games for the Vikings before tearing his ACL in 2016. He played very little after that, and was traded to the New York Jets and then New Orleans Saints in 2018. In his last appearance for the Vikings, the home crowd gave him a standing ovation. (Wikipedia)
Name This Arizona Rookie QB
After an impressive four years as the starter for the UCLA Bruins, this QB was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. After beating out Mike Glennon for the Cardinals’ backup position, this player did not see the field until he entered in relief of Sam Bradford during Week 3 of the 2018 season. Though the offense was still ineffective, this QB has led the Cardinals to their first wins of the season, and the franchise will look to build their future around this young and talented player. (Wikipedia)
Name This Star QB
The San Diego Chargers drafted this NFL legend in the second round of the 2001 draft with the 32nd overall pick. He earned the starting role in San Diego and earned a Pro Bowl selection in 2004. After hurting his shoulder, this player signed with the New Orleans Saints as a free agent and would lead the Saints to a Super Bowl win in 2010. Throughout his professional life, he has set many NFL records and is considered one of the best of all time. He is especially gifted as a passer, both in his accuracy and arm strength. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
With the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft, the San Diego Chargers selected this quarterback and then immediately traded him to the New York Giants for a package deal that included the Chargers’ eventual franchise QB, Philip Rivers. With the Giants, this QB defeated the New England Patriots in two Super Bowl Championships and was named the MVP of both games. This player has been able to stay healthy throughout his time in the NFL, starting most games for the team since becoming their starter. He also earned four Pro Bowl selections and holds multiple franchise records for signal callers with the New York Giants. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
The Philadelphia Eagles drafted this QB with the second overall pick in the first round of the 2016 draft. Though he was originally meant to back up Sam Bradford in his rookie year, the Eagles traded Bradford to the Vikings and named this player as their starter for the 2016 season. After an impressive rookie season, this player was one of the best in the league in 2017. He was hurt before the end of the season, which ended what many considered to be a league MVP year, and his backup, Nick Foles, led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win. (Wikipedia)
Name This Jaguars QB
In the 2014 NFL draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars drafted this QB with the third overall pick in the first round. As a starter, this QB proved to have some skill both as a passer and a runner, but poor play from his team hindered their success. In 2017, due largely in part to the outstanding play by the Jaguars' defense, this player led the team to their first playoff appearance since 2007, though they eventually lost to the New England Patriots. In the 2018 season, his play regressed and he was replaced by Cody Kessler as the team’s starter for Week 13. (Wikipedia)
Name This Starting QB
This rookie QB was drafted seventh overall in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills. Upon joining the Bills, this QB competed with AJ McCarron and Nathan Peterman for the starting role. Beating out McCarron, but falling short to Peterman, this rookie began the 2018 season as the Bills’ backup. Due to bad performance, Peterman was benched early in the season and this signal caller stepped up as the starter and was able to give the Bills their first wins of the season. Though the team has stilled struggled, this QB has shown some promising play. (Wikipedia)