| Thursday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. Each Thursday, examines an emerging storyline around quarterbacking. and are Super Bowl-winning success stories in an era of established quarterbacks changing teams regularly. This season, the league has seen its three major veteran quarterback acquisitions — , and — contribute far less than hoped after their new teams invested more than $90 million in them for this year alone.
I would draw a line between Rivers and the next group of upper-echelon quarterbacks, based on the thinking that they were more reliant upon what was around them. • Consider signing QBs escaping dysfunction: If a talented quarterback has struggled to break through while playing for an especially weak or dysfunctional organization, transporting this QB into a positive environment can make sense. Stafford falls into this category.