No position in any sport affects winning to the degree quarterbacks do. There’s a reason they can account for 20% of a team’s salary cap — meant to be spread between 53 players — and a reason why NFL franchises mortgage their futures when any potential top-10 passer comes available. Sometimes they get Matthew Stafford’s 2021 season and a Super Bowl. Sometimes they get Russell Wilson’s 2022 and an uncertain future. That’s the inherent risk.
FOX Sports’ NFL writing staff joined forces to rank the league’s best quarterbacks. Our writers listed their best 10 based on their confidence in each QB were he healthy and set to take the field for a game next week. A first-place vote merited 10 points in our methodology and descended from there, down to a single point for 10th place. We then combined the scores to determine our rankings.
Aaron Rodgers was considered for this exercise but did not make our list. It’s hard to say what kind of passer he would be even after his recovery considering he just turned 40 and we haven’t seen him since he tore an Achilles tendon in the Jets’ season-opener.
2023 Top NFL Quarterbacks
1. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Preseason ranking: No. 1
Greg Auman: He has set the bar so impossibly high that Mahomes at his worst can still make a good case to be the best quarterback in the NFL.
He has the lowest touchdown percentage (5.0 percent) in his career and the highest interception percentage (2.3 percent), and yet there he is, on course for 4,429 passing yards despite the Chiefs letting his top receivers leave once again.
Mahomes’ legendary connection to Travis Kelce has even dropped off, with the two only connecting for five touchdowns so far, but the tight end is still on course to reach 1,000 yards for an eighth straight season.
The Chiefs’ defense has outperformed their offense this season, largely due to a lack of top-tier receiving options. But the conference is Mahomes’ to lose, and the playoffs, until a team proves…
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Publish date : 2023-12-06 18:36:15
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