The Carson Wentz trade just created a wild stat about failed NFL first-round QBs
Wow!
Carson Wentz is now an Indianapolis Colt.
The now-former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was dealt to the Colts for what ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports is a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 second-rounder that could be a first if he meets certain criteria — if his “playtime” is 75 percent or if it’s 70 percent and the Colts make the postseason.
It marks the end of an era for the team that drafted him second overall in 2016, but it’s also notable for another reason: it’s yet another first-round quarterback who is no longer with the team that drafted him.
Per ESPN’s Field Yates, not one first-round quarterback from 2009 to 2016 is still with his team:
That list, in case you were wondering, starting in 2009, is: Matthew Stafford, Mark Sanchez, Josh Freeman, Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, Jake Locker, Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden, E.J. Manuel, Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater, Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Jared Goff, Wentz and Paxton Lynch.
Whewwwww. Quite a list. There are some successes there — I’d count Stafford and Newton among them, and Luck would probably be in Indy still had he not retired, plus there’s also Tannehill breaking out in Tennessee.
But that mostly tells you that it’s impossible to evaluate quarterbacks, doesn’t it?