Execs, coaches, scouts rank top NFL quarterbacks for 2026

[5Stars]

Dude, I litterally quoted you in my response:


You do not seem to understand the difference between physical pressure (the rush, blitzes, being chased in the pocket) which he is pretty good at vs pyschological pressure , which causes him to not play well when the stakes are big and the "pressure" is on to perform. There is no ranking for that type of pressure, other than watching a QB thrive and raise their level of play (Aikman) or watching them wilt and become a shell of themselves (Dak).

Maybe one day you will get it.

And there is no insult hurled other than hoping you at some point understand the difference between the pressure you keep quoting rankings and the pressure that makes Dak wilt. Its a basic concept and I do hope you can one day grasp it. And I wouldn't argue with me either if I were you.

What? You don't want Rockport to argue with you? Why do you think he comes to the forum for. That's all his lonely life is for.

 

[Havic]

https://www.google.com/search?ie=UT...e+ranked+in+the+top+10+since+2016#lfId=ChxjMe

Actually the Cowboys didn't have top 10 offensive lines during Dak's whole career.

I stated he consistently has had a good oline, the average over the course of 10 seasons has been approx rank 12 and as you pointed out almost half of those rankings have been inside the top 5

 

[Rockport]

I stated he consistently has had a good oline, the average over the course of 10 seasons has been approx rank 12 and as you pointed out almost half of those rankings have been inside the top 5

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

I agree I would have him at #5 as well due to Lamar’s availability issues.

Since 2020, Lamar has missed 18 games. Over a full season!

Dak has missed 25

 

[5Stars]

Does your wife know that you are in love with Dak? She might not like that. lmao

 

[Relayer]

Teams win championships. Ypu can have a HOF QB and still not win a SB. There’s several great QB’s who didn’t win a SB because the rest of the team wasn’t good enough

I can't believe you instantly revert to lecture mode. I never made any refutable claims about them. It is not only acceptable, it is completely logical to rate someone by their accomplishments. What you are doing is trying to avoid that because Dak doesn't have those accomplishments. I never said that those are the only single metrics for ranking a QB. Imagine Emmitt went on a broadcast and they introduced him as 3 time super bowl winner Emmitt Smith and someone sitting there, who was a Barry Sanders fan, said, "It's a team game." You're being that guy right now.

 

[Relayer]

They stated they sent hundreds of emails and 70 responded. The only confirmation is their statement of actions taken to create the article(s).

Edit (per the first sentence of the reply): The media representative's location relative to the person being asked the question is irrelevant in this era of communication.

The following is an incomplete list of current communication methods used by the media:

• Text/SMS
• Voicemail
• Video call
• Fax

Emails are as impersonal and professional a means of communication with sources as those listed above.

This is what's wrong with media today. Someone's "team" sends someone else's "team" a communication. The team answers it for the named person. The person writing the article and the person responding never even see each other or speak. All you have are anonymous sources because in reality you don't even know who really said it.

 

[Rockport]

I can't believe you instantly revert to lecture mode. I never made any refutable claims about them. It is not only acceptable, it is completely logical to rate someone by their accomplishments. What you are doing is trying to avoid that because Dak doesn't have those accomplishments. I never said that those are the only single metrics for ranking a QB. Imagine Emmitt went on a broadcast and they introduced him as 3 time super bowl winner Emmitt Smith and someone sitting there, who was a Barry Sanders fan, said, "It's a team game." You're being that guy right now.

It’s a team game. Just a fact.

 

[Rockport]

This is what's wrong with media today. Someone's "team" sends someone else's "team" a communication. The team answers it for the named person. The person writing the article and the person responding never even see each other or speak. All you have are anonymous sources because in reality you don't even know who really said it.

If it was negative, you’d be quoting it in every thread who the hell do you think your kidding.

 

[Relayer]

It’s a team game. Just a fact.

It's not a revelation. It's not informing to state it it's purely lecturing. Nobody neefs to be told this. People get rated by their accomplishments. Just a fact.

 

[Relayer]

If it was negative, you’d be quoting it in every thread who the hell do you think your kidding.

Sure I would. Show me where I've done that.

 

[GINeric]

I stated he consistently has had a good oline, the average over the course of 10 seasons has been approx rank 12 and as you pointed out almost half of those rankings have been inside the top 5

My bad. I read where you said we had TOP offensive lines, I didn't see you say GOOD offensive lines.

 

[GINeric]

I didn’t say that. That was someone else or you assumed. That’s okay we’ve all done it. Haha

I probably got you mixed up with another conversation. My bad on that.

 

[GINeric]

As usual you have completely ignored context and moved the goalposts. I didn't even make this about Dak, you did. I made it about celebrating the top 30% and how diluted that is.

The context is, ranking the starting QB's in the NFL in relation to each other. The pool is starting QB's in the NFL. Find me one single "expert" who participated in this ranking who looked beyond the starters in his/her analysis. You seriously think they were looking at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th QB's on the roster list you posted earlier? Come on man!

By your "logic" we might as well just go ahead and include the entire population of humans on the planet. Dak is 6th out of 8 billion. That would put him in the top .000000075%! Context matters.

Your entire argument hinges on a technicality that requires the obvious intended context to be ignored.

Top ten QBs in the NFL equals top 30ish percent.

Your rabbit holing game needs work. I know a guy who can help.

Show me where i made it about Dak in my last post. I clearly started the post off with "IF ANY QUARTERBACK IS IN THE TOP 10 out of 80+ quarterbacks" that is a good thing.

So when did Dak's name change to "Any"? Im not sure if anyone told you before but Dak isn't the only quarterback in the top 10.

Your reading and comprehension skills needs work. I know a guy that can help....

 

[DallasEast]

This is what's wrong with media today. Someone's "team" sends someone else's "team" a communication. The team answers it for the named person. The person writing the article and the person responding never even see each other or speak. All you have are anonymous sources because in reality you don't even know who really said it.

lol. I'm done.

 

[Rockport]

Sure I would. Show me where I've done that.

 

[GINeric]

This is very confusing

If the Cowboys win a SB with Dak, wont Dak be the one getting credit for leading them to the win or will it be the punter?

Please try to answer this Q

If the Cowboys win the Superbowl, the Dallas Cowboys team and coaching staff deserves the credit.

No quarterback in NFL has ever won a Superbowl before by himself and no quarterback ever will. Teams win Superbowls and any other games played.

 

[pitt33]

Unless the post you are replying to directly called out the family loss Dak has had, his QB play and clear issues with freezing up have ZERO to do with dealing with tragic loss. It is more than evident that Dak lacks awareness at times, and in key situations particularly. Is he the only QB to experience this? Clearly, other top QB's not named Patrick have a similar issue

It’s strictly about his play in big moments.

Nothing to do with family stuff.

Nothing.

 

[Yobwocs]

C.Cowherd has Dak at #12 on his new list
Allen
Mahomes
C.williams
Stafford
Herbert
Burrow
Darnold
Goff
Love
Maye

Colin is one guy. Most people have Dak closer to 6 than 12. Here's Adam Schein:

Source:

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

And then what happened? They quickly chose one in part because of the dysfunction the situation was creating.

You might next point to the Packers who had Favre and Rodgers then Rodgers and Love. That fails as well as even though all 3 turned out to be hits only one was starting and nobody knew how good the guy in waiting would actually be.

Then there is our very own Dallas Cowboys when Landry was shuttling QBs play to play. How did that turn out?

Might I even mention Jimmy Johnson having to choose between Walsh and Aikman.

How about Romo/Prescott?

History clearly shows it's bad business to have two proven starting quality QBs on a roster.

It's completely irrational to suggest QB rankings should include references to 2nd and 3rd string guys who typically are either proven backups or unproven youth.

They are ranked out of the pool of starters. Not the pool of every single QB on a roster.

the point was in response to the earlier comment, that if you have two QBs, you don't have any....montana and young were on the same team.

it doesn't matter if they got rid of montana and kept young, etc. two HOF QBs were on the same team. so there is one case of having two great QBs on the same team,

geez dude, you went off on a tangent, unnecessary.