The Top 50 Quarterbacks in the NFL Today

[Carolina Crazy V2]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/407289-top-50-countdown-quarterbacks

#21 - Matt Moore

Matt Moore was on fire for the Panthers last season after stepping in as the starter, due to Jake Delhomme's injury.

He led the Panthers to a 4-1 record over the last five games and posted the highest QB rating in the league over his last 4 games, ending the season at 98.5.

He is still young and knows how to get the ball to Steve Smith, who averaged 95 YPG with Moore as the starter.

RATING: 73

#32 - Jimmy Clausen

Jimmy Clausen slid further than any other big-name player in April's draft, but when the Carolina Panthers selected him in the middle of the second round, he fell into one of the best possible situations.

He only has a young, unproven starter ahead of him in Matt Moore, and he has great surrounding talent. Right now, Clausen is mentally ahead of Sam Bradford, but does not yet have Bradford's accuracy.

RATING: 68

[Dpantherman]

Freeman and Edwards the only 2 starters out of the top 32.

[Dpantherman]

So Drew Brees is better than Tom Brady now? fyi, Culpepper is in the UFL (or CFL, idk) damn bleacher report

[Dpantherman]

I have too many problems with this list to discuss. ill leave it for someone else

[Lt Pinkerton]

Damn fine list I think.

[Saint J]

So Drew Brees is better than Tom Brady now? fyi, Culpepper is in the UFL (or CFL, idk) damn bleacher report

yes

[joemac]

Ummmmm yes. Drew Brees is now better than Tom Brady. It aint 2007 anymore.

[Darth Biscuit]

Tom who?

[Carolina Crazy V2]

Damn fine list I think.

Thanks, I wrote it, but still feel free to criticize. I haven't been writing for too long.

[Peppers90 NC]

He improvises all the time and relies on luck a little too often. This has bitten him in the behind in the past during clutch situations, because luck does not scare your opponents.

This i dont have any objections to, referring to homo.

[Lt Pinkerton]

If that's the case then I disagree with how high Matt Hasselbeck is.

[Woodcookedbbq]

So Drew Brees is better than Tom Brady now?

I would think this would be common knowledge among football fans.

[panthers55]

IMO top 50 lists make no sense particularly when some of the folks mentioned aren't even in the league. Secondly lists make more sense when it is based on some kind of criteria such as TD/Int ratio, winning percentage, playoff record, completion percentage or passer rating. Most of these lists for example use total yards or quantity stats rather than quality stats.

I also like lists that rank them for the past and them talk about why they will be better or worse this year based on a number of factors.

For example, Kevin Kolb who has played almost no games in his career is ranked ahead of Pennington who has accomplished a ton more than Kolb has. However if you were comparing on them on who will start and put up bigger numbers this year then Kolb who is starting for Philly will likely put up bigger numbers than Pennington who will likely be a backup. But if that is the case then Bradford would be much higher because he will put up lots of numbers this year although it is unclear whether they will be good ones or bad.

Again my point is that these rankings have no rationale or statistical relevance since they aren't compared on any particular areas or even predicting who will put up more yards, make the playoffs, or something else. Thus it goes from a football article to a fluff piece in my opinion.

Since you asked for a critique, there you go.

[Carolina Crazy V2]

If that's the case then I disagree with how high Matt Hasselbeck is.

Well, I developed a formula and stuck to it. It turned out that his brains, experience and leadership put him pretty high up on the list although he doesn't quite have the accuracy or arm power that he did in the past.