Washington Football Team’s strange history of drafting quarterbacks
By Jonathan Eig
The first quarterback the Washington Football Team ever selected in an NFL Draft was Sammy Baugh.
When you hit a grand slam in your first at bat, it’s hard to go anywhere but down. The 53 quarterbacks that the Washington Football Team has chosen since Baugh do indeed constitute a pretty steep drop-off.
The 2020 season is not yet over, but once again, Washington fans are looking ahead to next year’s free agent market and next year’s draft to take another spin on that Quarterback-of-the-Future roulette wheel.
Beyond a few perfunctory comments about next year’s market, I’m not going to evaluate any players who might be on your radar. There is plenty of time for that after the season. I just want to say a few words about Washington’s draft history as it relates to this particular position.
It isn’t very good.
There – that was a few words. They keep telling me to write shorter, so there you have it. Sums it up pretty well, too.
It isn’t very good.
Notice, I didn’t say it sucks. There have been some decent picks along the way. But when you consider the history as a whole, a couple of intriguing realizations come to light.