Quarterbackery: Round 2, Heat 6

[Rain Man]

My thoughts.

First off, I know it's easy to look at the list and pick Denver based on media reputation, but it's actually a very difficult decision between Denver and Jacksonville. Let's take a look.

First, you've got a battle between Elway (16 years), and a scaled up Mark Brunell. The stats clearly point in Brunell's favor. He had a higher career QB rating, much lower interception percentage, and higher touchdown pass percentage. However, it's not quite that straightforward. Brunell was consistently above average by a little bit. In contrast, Elway sucked for 10 years and then put up good numbers for about 6 years once they converted him to a game manager.

Below that, would you rather have a scaled-up Garrard for 12 years, or would you rather have Craig Morton, Peyton Manning, and Jake Plummer for 13? I'd go with the Broncos' group due to Manning.

I'd give a slight nod to the Broncos, and two years of Jay Cutler playing pretty well pushes me to Denver. But it's actually very close.

So Denver first, Jacksonville second, and then ... yuck. But I'd easily take 25 years of Matt Schaub over what the Lions put out there. So Houston third and Detroit is my weakest group.