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Washington Football Team’s strange history of drafting quarterbacks

By Jonathan Eig

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JANUARY 26: Quarterback Mark Rypien #11 of the Washington Redskins sets the offense against the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome on January 26, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Redskins defeated the Bills 37-24. (Photo by Gin Ellis/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JANUARY 26: Quarterback Mark Rypien #11 of the Washington Redskins sets the offense against the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome on January 26, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Redskins defeated the Bills 37-24. (Photo by Gin Ellis/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JANUARY 13: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Clemson Tigers sits in the pocket during the second quarter of the College Football Playoff National Championship game against the LSU Tigers at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The LSU Tigers topped the Clemson Tigers, 42-25. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JANUARY 13: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Clemson Tigers sits in the pocket during the second quarter of the College Football Playoff National Championship game against the LSU Tigers at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The LSU Tigers topped the Clemson Tigers, 42-25. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /

Looking ahead to 2021

Here’s the promised perfunctory note about the 2021 draft. If looks really good for QBs. I’m not naming names here. Again, there’s plenty of time for that down the road. But it looks to be a deep draft. So I will go as far as to say that whenever Washington’s turn comes in next year’s draft, there will be one or more quarterbacks on the board who will have excellent pro careers.

The only trick is fidning the right one, surrounding him with enough talent so that he may thrive, and providing him with the type of coaching that will bring out his best. Piece of cake.

If this isn’t enough to convince you, here’s just a bit more fun with numbers. Since 2000, more Super Bowls have been won by quarterbacks drafted after the first round (or, in one case, not drafted at all) than have been won by QBs taken in the first round. Of course, this stat is skewed by Tom Brady (sixth round, 2000) and his six titles.

So let’s look at it another way. In that same time period, thirteen different quarterbacks have led their teams to championships. Of those players, four have been Top 10 draftees. Three have been drafted in the sixth round or later. If you think you need a No. 1 overall pick at QB to win a Super Bowl, I’d suggest you start figuring a way to nab high school sophomore Arch Manning when he is ready for the pros somewhere around 2027. Up to now, Arch’s uncles Peyton and Eli are the only two No. 1’s to win Super Bowls in the 21st century.

Next. Predicting Washington's final five games of the 2020 season. dark

Either that, or maybe see if Sammy Baugh has a great-great grandson floating around somewhere.

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