Now that the 2022 season has come to end with the Kansas City Chiefs winning the Super Bowl, NFL.com has ranked all 68 starting quarterbacks who started at least one game.
Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson, despite playing in only 12 games this season, came in at No. 12 on the list. Jackson was No. 14 in 2021, No. 7 in 2020 and of course first overall in 2019, his MVP season. Right above Jackson at No. 11 is Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott with the now-retired Tom Brady at No. 10.
Greg Roman is out the door, replaced by a play-caller in Todd Monken with Air Raid roots and an open desire to throw the ball downfield. It’s fair to wonder what that means for Lamar after a string of injury-ravaged seasons inside a ground-heavy scheme that leaned hard on his magical legs. It’s also fair to wonder if Jackson, a pending free agent who seeks a Deshaun Watson-level sum of guaranteed cash, will remain in Baltimore. The Ravens can tag him, and I fully expect them to go that route if a long-term deal can’t be struck. Then again, we’ve got NFL Network draft guru Daniel Jeremiah pegging Florida passer Anthony Richardson to the club at No. 22 overall. Weird days ahead!
The top four quarterbacks on the list are Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen. It’s quite possible that if the Philadelphia Eagles had won the Super Bowl that Hurts would’ve moved ahead of Mahomes for the top spot.
