| Rnd |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| 1 |
Tim Couch |
C. Pennington |
Michael Vick |
David Carr |
Carson Palmer |
Eli Manning |
Alex Smith |
| D. McNabb |
|
|
Joey Harrington |
Byron Leftwich |
Philip Rivers |
Aaron Rodgers |
| Akili Smith |
|
|
Patrick Ramsey |
Kyle Boller |
B. Roethlisberger |
Jason Campbell |
| D. Culpepper |
|
|
|
Rex Grossman |
J.P. Losman |
|
| Cade McNown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Shaun King |
G. Carmazzi |
Drew Brees |
|
|
|
|
| |
Chris Redman |
Quincy Carter |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
M. Tuiasosopo |
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
Brock Huard |
|
|
Josh McCown |
Dave Ragone |
Matt Schaub |
Charlie Frye |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Andrew Walter |
| |
|
|
|
Chris Simms |
|
David Greene |
| 4 |
Joe Germaine |
|
Chris Weinke |
David Garrard |
Seneca Wallace |
Luke McCown |
Kyle Orton |
| Aaron Brooks |
|
S. Rosenfels |
Rohan Davey |
|
|
Stefan LeFors |
| |
|
Jesse Palmer |
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
Kevin Daft |
Tee Martin |
Mike McMahon |
Randy Fasani |
Brian St. Pierre |
Craig Krenzel |
Dan Orlovsky |
| |
|
A.J. Feeley |
Kurt Kittner |
|
|
A. McPherson |
| |
|
|
Brandon Doman |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Craig Nall |
|
|
|
| 6 |
|
Marc Bulger |
Josh Booty |
"J.T." O'Sullivan |
Drew Henson |
Andy Hall |
Derek Anderson |
| |
Spergon Wynn |
Josh Heupel |
Steve Bellisari |
B. Bollinger |
Josh Harris |
|
| |
Tom Brady |
|
|
Kliff Kingsbury |
Jim Sorgi |
|
| |
Todd Husak |
|
|
|
Jeff Smoker |
|
| |
JaJuan Seider |
|
|
|
|
|
| 7 |
Michael Bishop |
Tim Rattay |
|
Seth Burford |
Gibran Hamdan |
John Naverre |
James Kilian |
| Chris Greisen |
J. Jackson |
|
Jeff Kelly |
Ken Dorsey |
Cody Pickett |
Matt Cassell |
| Scott Covington |
Joe Hamilton |
|
Ronald Curry |
|
Casey Bramlet |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
| |
|
|
Wes Pate |
|
Matt Mauck |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
B.J. Symons |
|
| Starter |
|
|
|
|
Bradlee Van Pelt |
|
First Round - The first round has always had starting quarterbacks without exception and each player taken between 2000 and 2004 are currently starting quarterbacks. Last year gave us Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger as starters by the end of the season and J.P. Losman is on tap to start this year. Only Philip Rivers is still waiting thanks to Drew Brees. If a player goes in this round – he starts until he fails but most do not fail.
Rounds Two through Four - There has been no quarterback taken in the second round for the last four years and of the six taken in the last six years, only Drew Brees is still a starter. The same phenomena is seen in the third and fourth round which has been more popular for taking quarterbacks but has only produced two starters out of nineteen players and only Aaron Brooks remains a starter. Considering the success of first rounders, it is surprising to see that the next three rounds have only produced two current starters out of 24 quarterbacks.
Round Five through Seven - The fifth round has been a relative waste of a pick for the last six years and not one player has done more than fill in for a game or two. Both Marc Bulger and Tom Brady came from the sixth round in 2000, but they are also the only quarterbacks from that round that have done anything at all. The seventh is even worse producing only Tim Rattay who has already lost his job.
2005 - Going into fantasy drafts, only Alex Smith appears to have any starts in the near future and that’s to the worst team in the NFL last year. What to watch will be J.P Losman and Philip Rivers (if he ever gets on the field). First round picks have always become starters and has produced literally all the top quarterbacks outside of the freak sixth round in 2000. |
