AFC East
New England Patriots, Tom Brady (Sixth Round)
Buffalo Bills, Trent Edwards (Third Round)
Miami Dolphins, John Beck (Second Round)
New York Jets, Kellen Clemens (Second Round)

AFC West
Oakland Raiders, JaMarcus Russell (First Round)
Kansas City Chiefs, Brodie Croyle (Third Round)
San Diego Chargers, Philip Rivers (First Round)
Denver Broncos, Jay Cutler (First Round)

AFC North
Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger (First Round)
Cincinnati Bengals, Carson Palmer (First Round)
Baltimore Ravens, Troy Smith (Fifth Round)
Cleveland Browns, Derek Anderson (Sixth Round)

AFC South
Tennessee Titans, Vince Young (First Round)
Jacksonville Jaguars, David Garrard (Fourth Round)
Indianapolis Colts, Peyton Manning (First Round)
Houston Texans, Matt Schaub (Third Round)

NFC East
New York Giants, Eli Manning (First Round)
Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo (Undrafted)
Washington Redskins, Jason Campbell (First Round)
Philadelphia Eagles, Donovan McNabb (First Round)

NFC West
St. Louis Rams, Marc Bulger (Sixth Round)
Arizona Cardinals, Matt Leinart (First Round)
Seattle Seahawks, Matt Hasselbeck (Sixth Round)
San Francisco 49ers, Shaun Hill (Undrafted)

NFC North
Detroit Lions, Jon Kitna (Undrafted)
Chicago Bears, Kyle Orton (Undrafted)
Minnesota Vikings, Tavaris Jackson (Second Round)
Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers (First Round)

NFC South
New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees (Second Round)
Carolina Panthers, Jake Delhomme (Undrafted)
Atlanta Falcons, Matt Ryan (First Round)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jeff Garcia (Undrafted)

12 Starting QB's drafted in the First Round.
21 QB's taken in the First Round since 2000.
QB taken #1 overall in 8 of the last 10 drafts.
The last two Superbowl MVP's were First Round draft picks.
In the last decade twice as many QB's drafted than in the 10 years prior.
Just 6 of the remaining QB's (#3's or lower) on my list have had any NFL success.

Ben Roethlisberger
Peyton Manning
Philip Rivers
Eli Manning
Don McNabb

5 unquestionably good QBs (with Rivers on the border IMO) drafted in the first rnd in the last decade.

These guys were drafted in the 1st too.

J.P. Losman
Byron Leftwich
Ryan Leaf 2nd overall
Tim Couch 1st overall
Akili Smith
Chad Pennington ?
Mike Vick 1st overall
Jason Campbell
Kyle Boller
Cade McNown
Patrick Ramsey
Joey Harrington 3rd overall
David Carr 1st overall
Alex Smith 1st overall
Rex Grossman.

Which list is longer?

I wonder how long the list of unsuccessful QB's drafted in the Third Round would be? I'm just guessing here... But I'd imagine it's a lot longer.

There are a multitude of factors to that as well. If you invest 1st pick money into a player, you have to develop them, whereas a lot of teams will get impatient as you are now and abandon seemingly EQUAL (statistically) prospects.

There are other factors with First Round picks as well.

I'm not impatient. I'm looking at the evidence in front of me.
The kid was no better in the 9th start than he was when he took his first pre-season snap. If I were in charge...I would've drafted someone and forced him into a serious competition in the off-season.

There's no reason why you can't flash in 1 stinking football game to show me you deserve more evaluation time. I'm sorry.

You guys are coddling Brodie Croyle.
Everyone keeps oversimplifying the issue like time and opportunity is all that's necessary for him to develop. Having the requisite skills be damned.

I'm all in favor of competition. But you can't make plays from your ass, and Brodie was probably the most sacked QB in the NFL last year over the last 6 games. The kid actually needs a chance to play in order to prove himself.

The requisite skills for QBs are quite intangible. The physical attributes necessary, Brodie has. Whether or not hes the leader, whether or not he'll be able to make good decisions when he has more than 2.5 seconds to throw the ball and a gameplan that the defense doesn't KNOW, whether or not he can learn accuracy and touch, whether or not he can stay healthy,these are the questions.

That certainly didn't help him last year...

You need to look a little closer, cause Croyle only started 6 games.

He had three pre-season starts.
We've been through this.

The evidence in front of you for Croyle has been shown to be comparable to HOF QBs in their first starts.... whether you dismiss that or not. The fact that you wouldn't give him any more time because of where he was picked doesn't change that fact.

Nobody is coddling Croyle. None of his defenders here are saying he's a probowler.

Whether he has the requisite skills or not is your opinion. Obviously those in charge don't agree with your assessment.

LMAO at some of you people. Croyle isn't worth the shit he wipes off his boots after he gets done duck hunting. I know, I know, we haven't seen him with an oline, yada yada. That's OK!!!!, as Herm would say, because you guys will see the proof this year that he's shit. I've already seen enough though.

Worst case scenario : You're right and he's terrible. That puts us in a fantastic position to draft one of the best QB's available.

Best case scenario: You're wrong and Croyle emerges as a top young QB.

What's the problem?

I know what you're getting at...it's a win-win situation is what you're saying. I disagree ONLY for the fact that this franchise will be, once again, behind.