Ranking NFL QBs headed into the 2019 Season

I told you a few weeks ago that the summer is an interesting time for sports due to the fact that there aren't any to watch. Save me your “bUT wHaT aBoUt bASebaLl” takes. Look, I probably watch more baseball than most casual fans, and even I am watching a re-run of the Auburn vs LSU game from this past college football season, not baseball. So when there are no sports to watch, some fans can get a little antsy, as expected. Imagine sitting on a non-stop flight from NYC to Singapore with no phone, no computer and the little TV screen on the back of the seat in front of you is broken. That’s 19 hours with nothing to do, enough to make any man to go insane.

That’s what summer is like for sports fans, which is why when July rolls around the takes become as hot as the weather. A particularly popular hobby for fans when the takes become hot is making lists. Listing the greatest basketball players of all-time. Listing your own College Football Top-25. And in the case of Cian Fahey, listing the best QBs going into the 2019 NFL Season.

Why don’t you take a look at his list.

Holy Smokes, what a terrible list.

Is this the worst list in the history of lists? It’s early, but sources are saying yes.

There are so many problems with this list that I don’t know where to even begin, so let’s just start at the top. Out of every QB who attempted 10 or more passes in 2018, Andrew Luck ranked 14th in QBR, 5th in yards, 14th in completion % and 29th in yards per attempt. Is Andrew Luck a solid QB? Yes. But is he the best QB in the NFL in 2019? Absolutely not.

Working our way down the list one can't help but notice Cam Newton coming in at number 5. Can we stop letting that one good season that Newton had in 2015 cloud our better judgment, that Newton is just a very big and athletic person who happens to line up at QB? Newton had a worse QBR than Mitch Trubisky last season. He had a worse completion % than Marcus Mariota. And he threw more interceptions than Eli Manning. And somehow he’s the fifth-best QB in the NFL? Not by a long shot.

Now, I could keep going. I could point out that Marcus Mariota being seventh is hysterical. I could show that Lamar Jackson being a “high-end youngster” while Josh Allen is an “athlete playing QB” is just wrong. And that’s all without even touching the ‘Tom Brady and Drew Brees are fringe top-10 QBs’ argument, which I think we can all agree should be grounds for imprisonment. But that would just take too long.

So instead I’ll just give you an accurate QB ranking.

*please note that this is a list in order of who I would want as my team’s starting QB in 2019, NOT who is the better QB overall ex: Tom Brady is the greatest QB of all-time, but I would want Mahomes going into 2019*

1- Patrick Mahomes

2- Tom Brady

3- Aaron Rodgers

4- Drew Brees

5- Russell Wilson

6- Matt Ryan

7- Jared Goff

8- Andrew Luck

9- Phillip Rivers

10- Deshaun Watson

11- Matt Stafford

12- Jimmy Garoppolo

13- Kirk Cousins

14- Dak Prescott

15- Carson Wentz

16- Marcus Mariota

17- Mitch Trubisky

18- Baker Mayfield

19- Kyler Murray

20- Cam Newton

21- Andy Dalton

22- Sam Darnold

23- Josh Allen

24- Lamar Jackson

25- Derek Carr

26- Ben Rothlisberger

27- Nick Foles

28- Dwayne Haskins

29- Josh Rosen

30- Joe Flacco

31- Jameis Winston

32- Eli Manning