In PX1’s first sea-son this year, there were five quarter-backs taken in the first round. Each one of them still starts for the team that original-ly drafted them. They all have had some success even if that success varies among each of these young arms. They represent the next generation of quarterbacks in this league. The five men are Eric Hill of the Denver Broncos, Max Jeter of the Chicago Bears, Daniel Adams of the Philadelphia Eagles, Aerion Hunt-er of the San Diego Chargers, and Brady Washington of the St. Louis Rams.

Eric Hill was the number one pick in the opening draft for a Denver team that stumbled through their first season. He was everything you could want out of a first pick. Little to no risk and a great arm. A three-year starter out of Ohio State who got the job when the orig-inal first string quar-terback went down in his freshman year. He was compared to someone like Aaron Rodgers in today’s NFL.

Hill's first year was a great success prov-ing to be one of the

best QB prospects in years. Then in season 2 he tore his ACL in week 3. Season 3 he came back strong. He was leading his team to the playoffs and possibly the AFC West title. Then, on a late hit in Carolina, he broke his collarbone. Now he goes down for the season again this year with a torn groin. He has all the poten-tial, but he can’t seem to stay on the field.

Jeter is currently competing for his 2nd MVP this year. His stat line has improved ev-ery year since he was drafted. The Bears have been the pinna-cle of NFC competi-tion with him under center. He has yet to win a Super Bowl, but everyone knows that one day he will get an-other chance.

Jeter has been struggling this year though. He was benched in Chicago’s last game against the Eagles and is not on the same pace that he set in previous years. The Bears and 3-3 for the first time since he was draft-

ed. Whether or not the they can turn it around this season, there is no denying that Jeter is still one of the best quarterback prospects to come out of the season one draft.

Our next quarter-back is Daniel Adams. The first one to drop out of the top 10. He has been a fairly strong quarterback in one of the weaker di-visions, but it wasn’t until this year that he really started to un-derstand the offense. Under new ownership, the Eagles and Adams are showing new life. The former FSU quar-terback is starting to mature under the right system. Our pre-diction is that we see him in the Super Bowl in the next 3 years if this trend keeps up. Let’s hope for Philly’s sake it does.

Aerion Hunter wasn’t even supposed to be a first round pick. He played at UMass for his whole college career. Many people were worried that he wasn’t worth an early pick. Well the Chargers took the chance and it paid off. Hunter has become one of the better quarterbacks in the league. He al-ways seems to be in the shadows though, no matter what he does. He was 4th off

the board for quarter-backs and overlooked by most teams. Hunt-er plays great and on a good team, but he is in the AFC West, one of the most competi-tive divisions.

Aerion needs to prove he is better than the competition and prove the doubt-ers wrong. Shouldn’t be too hard, the man from Mass. has been doing it his whole ca-reer.

With the 23rd pick in the NFL draft the St. Louis Rams select... Brady Washington. The 5th best quarter-back does not inspire visions of Kurt War-ner. He wasn't even the best quarterback from his own confer-ence. He isn’t really a leader to the team, but the man can play. He is the franchise quarterback just not the one you expect. He will win games and lose them depending on the day.

He doesn’t need to be a leader though. If Washington can keep throwing well and the team comes together around him, expect big things from Washington. Most of the league would love to have him as their QB. One good year of success from the Washington and the Rams and the city of St. Louis will love him like their own.

by Alex Imperfect @PX1Broncos

By The NumbersCareer QB Rating

Hill, DEN..........................101.6Jeter, CHI............................96.0Hunter, SD........................91.5Adams, PHI......................83.4Washington, STL.........82.6

Johnny Man-ziel was the ultimate boom or bust draft

prospect. He saw his first real action in 2015. That sea-son Manziel finished with a QB rating of 92.7, 3,518 yards, 65%, and 28 TD. But he had 23 in-terceptions and the Browns didn’t make the playoffs.

After a good off-season, every-one expected the Browns to be in the playoffs in 2016. The Browns had add-ed two major pieces on offense in free agency and looked poised for conten-tion. With 144 few-er pass attempts, Manziel posted what is still the best QB rating of his career (101.7). He threw 13 less intercep-tions (10 total) while throwing for 2,344 yards and 20 TD’s. Once again it was not good enough for the Browns to make the playoffs.

By the 2017 sea-son the Browns fans were starting to get restless. The Browns

had a top 10 roster in the NFL and had yet to even make the playoffs. The 2017 season didn’t get off to a good start as they lost to the Steel-ers in week one and Johnny managed only 140 yards, zero TD's and one inter-ception. Johnny had another bad game in week four and the Browns lost to the Bears. Then came disaster in week five where Manziel had zero TD's, 3 inter-ceptions and only 131 yards in a loss to the Vikings.

Cleveland was 2-3 and looking like they would miss the playoffs once again and the Su-per Bowl seemed like a distant fanta-sy. Then two huge trades went down. The Packers, who had depth at QB, traded Brett Hund-ley to the Browns for a third-round pick. Then, what once seemed unthink-able happened. The owner’s favorite and hand-picked QB was traded away to the Redskins for a sec-ond-round pick.

It was a move that made sense for the Washington as they were rebuilding after just buying the team and their QB situation they had was the worst in the NFL.

Cleveland would go on to win eight-of-nine games and made it to the sec-ond round of the playoffs even though Hundley would be in-jured and miss the playoffs. Despite not playing the full year, Hundley finished with 2,170 yards, 24 TD and 16 intercep-tions. The Browns would then go on to win the Super Bowl the following year behind Hundley and CJ Anderson, finally bringing a title to the fans in Cleveland.

Meanwhile, in Washington, Man-ziel was looking to turn his career around. Johnny’s first year-and-a- half in D.C. weren’t the best as he threw for 9 more Intercep-tions than TD's and the Redskins did not make the play-offs. However, the Redskins rewarded him with a big six-year, $51 million dollar contract with a whopping $15 mil-lion signing bonus.

Washington fol-lowed that up by taking a QB in the 2nd round of the draft by the name of Brenden Boyd. Boyd was projected to go in the first round and had everything you look for in a QB size, speed, arm strength, and even accuracy. There was now a QB battle in

Washington and Johnny’s time as a starting quarterback was in jeopardy.

Johnny won the starting job in the preseason and the Redskins are cur-rently 4-2 with two big wins against the Bears and Cowboys. Johnny is having a great year with a QB rating over 100 and 917 yards, 9 TD, 3 interceptions and a 62 % completion percentage. His QB rating is in the top 10 in the NFL. He did miss some time with injury this year and in that time the rookie Boyd has also played well.

Were the Browns “cursed” by Johnny and did dealing him away remove the hex allowing them to win the Super Bowl? Can Johnny finally put together a full season and lead the Redskins to the playoffs? Maybe even a Super Bowl? Only time will tell. However, the one thing that is certain is that both teams and their respective QB's are happy the way everything has turned out.

JohnNy on the Spotby Brandon Georgiafan

@PX1Titans Manziel posted a career record of 20-17 in Cleveland and is currently 15-19 in Wash-inton and 35-36 overall

QB ComparisonCareer QB Rtg. (TD-INT)

Manziel - 84.3 (91-80)Hundley - 10.9 (63-35)

1. Browns 6-1Defending Super Bowl champs. Lone loss was controversial.

2. Panthers 6-1Cam’s having an MVP year and two quality wins including one over #3 Titans.

3. Titans 6-1As many quality wins as anyone and are finally wining the turnover battle.

4. Chargers 5-1Always one of the AFC favorites. Will move up if they beat the Bears this week

5. Broncos 6-0The only undeafted team in the NFL but have had a softer schedule than the other teams ahead of them.

6. Packers 5-2Three quality wins. Would have been high-er if not for loss vs Giants.

7. Eagles 5-1Only loss was by 3 points to #6 Packers. Week one win vs Jets looks better now.

8. Redskins 5-2Johnny has this team playing well and are coming off a solid win vs the Cowboys.

9 Bills 5-1May not stay here long but last loss was by 3 points in week one and now have won five in a row.

10. Seahawks 5-1Still one of the NFL’s best defenses. One loss was by three points but have had a soft schedule.

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