SI's Top 10 QB's Under age 25

Marino threw more interceptions that trent green, didnt make trent green better. Eli throws downfield much more. People fear eli, they don't fear rivers. Tiki has no TD's this year, it's all ELI. How many TD's does tomlinson have. Plus gates is the easiest target in the NFL, especially on short throws. Brunell's rating is always high, however I see him as one of the 5 worst QB's in the league, David Carr also sucks.


No one fears Rivers because they barely know who he is. Give him a few years. :)

Tiki has no TDs because Jacobs is the goal-line back and has his 4 TDs on his stat sheet. They pull Tiki in the red zone. He does have 715 rushing yards this year...very solid. It's barely "all" Eli.

You talk about Gates...the Giants have a very involved TE too...who probably doesn't get double-teamed like Gates. The TEs are a wash.

How you can bring Brunell into a discussion of the best young QBs I'll never know, but since you did...ignoring that he has the 8th-best QB rating in the NFL since you don't like that stat; he's in the top half of the league in passing yards, he has the LEAST number of interceptions of ALL starting QBs in the league, has not lost a fumble yet, has a respectable middle-of-the-league 200 yds/game even with the short passes Saunders calls...he's nowhere NEAR being one of the 5 worst. He's not a top QB, but he's going a good job with the system he plays in. You love Manning so much, he averages 7.2 yards per attempt. Brunell is at 7.1 yds/attempt.

Who are you? The "other" Manning brother? :D


Are you sure you're not an undercover Giants fan? :D

I like Rivers, but he hasnt faced any adversity in SD, and hasn't had to win a game for them. That's when things get interesting. I'm not a Giants fan, I just watched Eli Kick our asss, and the asses of everyone else in the division. Then I watched Rivers play Marty-Ball. 4TD's is not a lot for Jacobs. We know Eli is good, Rivers still has more to prove, but i would love to have both of them of course.

Why are we even discussing sorry ass Alex Smith? Didn't he make a high score on the Wonderlic test? Who gives a damn? That flag football ass offense he ran in college hasn't helped him yet. Oh yeah, Big Ben is being exposed as the sorry ass QB he's always been too!

big ben is good, he's the superbowl champ. He's got all the tools, he's just refinding himself right now.

The most basic problem with the list is that it came from SI. They are "pop-sports" savvy, but have no real analysts in the house.

I know a lot of people are high on Eli Manning, but I've come to believe that neither Manning brother will ever win a Super Bowl.

Michael Smith said it best, when talking about Roethlisberger:
"It's hard to convince me that a guy who wins 27 of his first 31 games is 'just along for the ride'."

I tend to agree with that statement.

I wouldn't even put Roethlisberger at #1. He had an incredible 15-1 year in 2004 and a SB win in 2005, but without a solid running game this year, he's proving that he's not the glue that holds the team together. He looks HORRIBLE when he has to be "the man".

Alex Smith is better this year, but it's probably not possible to be as bad as last year.

Eli Manning is probably the top young QB despite his occasional lapses in mental awareness. He makes some dumb mistakes but makes a lot more great plays to make up for them.

Gradkowski is really bad. He has great WRs in Galloway and Clayton and can't get the job done. He has potential because he has good instincts as shown at the end of the Philly game, but execution is his problem.

Aaron Rodgers doesn't belong on the list yet. I'd have more faith in Campbell than Rodgers...or Cutler.

Strictly as a QB, Vince Young is bad. As an athlete and leader, he's great. He could have a good career despite his underdeveloped passing skills because he can always keep defenses guessing and he can make plays without having to throw. This is proven by his 100-yard passing games that still allow his team to be in position to win against some good teams like Indy and the Skins.

Leinart would be great with an o-line. He has the skills and the head...but not the time and protection to put them on display.

Phillip Rivers is a huge surprise to me. I didn't think he's be anywhere near Drew Brees as a replacement to him...but he's proving me wrong. He's the real deal. Let's hope that we'll see similar results when Jason Campbell plays since we're developing him in a similar manner.

Schaub needs a new team. He looked pretty good when given the chance, but he will be a career backup in Atlanta. He'd make every team a good backup right now, but whether he can suceed in 16 games is unknown.

MY TOP 10:

1 - Rivers
2 - Leinart
3 - Manning
4 - Grossman (ok, he's 26 but STILL a young QB)
5 - J. P. Losman
6 - V. Young
7 - Roethlisberger
8 - Chris Simms (ok, he's 26 too...)
9 - Charlie Frye (even on a horrible Cleveland team with no offensive line, mediocre WRs and a banged-up RB, he's shown flashes of great play)
10 - J. Campbell...only ranked #10 because of no snaps, but he belongs on the list.

A list of 25-and-younger is a strange concept. A young QB that's a few months over 25 isn't considered a good young QB?

I would put Frye towards the top of that list not just on it, as for Campbell you have to understand in many peoples eye's outside of this forum they see a QB who can't beat out Brunell, enough said.

What about Kellen Clemens and Matt Cassel? Surprise they're not on the list, considering some of the names that are. Clemens was the darling of the NY media this summer it seemed. He might be good, he might be Babe Laufenberg. I actually think Cassel could be a very good QB in the league.

Why are we even discussing sorry ass Alex Smith? Didn't he make a high score on the Wonderlic test? Who gives a damn? That flag football ass offense he ran in college hasn't helped him yet. Oh yeah, Big Ben is being exposed as the sorry ass QB he's always been too!
WTF are you on? This isn't last season, freaking pay attention. Alex has been awesome this season. I think it's very impressive how quickly he has developed because he has had to learn two offenses in two seasons and has had to adjust to having mostly new guys around him. His play so far in spite of all the lack of contiuty around him astounds me, I never thought he would come along this quickly after running a gimmick offense in college. He's going to be a great QB.

I wouldn't even put Roethlisberger at #1. He had an incredible 15-1 year in 2004 and a SB win in 2005, but without a solid running game this year, he's proving that he's not the glue that holds the team together. He looks HORRIBLE when he has to be "the man".

Alex Smith is better this year, but it's probably not possible to be as bad as last year.

Eli Manning is probably the top young QB despite his occasional lapses in mental awareness. He makes some dumb mistakes but makes a lot more great plays to make up for them.

Gradkowski is really bad. He has great WRs in Galloway and Clayton and can't get the job done. He has potential because he has good instincts as shown at the end of the Philly game, but execution is his problem.

Aaron Rodgers doesn't belong on the list yet. I'd have more faith in Campbell than Rodgers...or Cutler.

Strictly as a QB, Vince Young is bad. As an athlete and leader, he's great. He could have a good career despite his underdeveloped passing skills because he can always keep defenses guessing and he can make plays without having to throw. This is proven by his 100-yard passing games that still allow his team to be in position to win against some good teams like Indy and the Skins.

Leinart would be great with an o-line. He has the skills and the head...but not the time and protection to put them on display.

Phillip Rivers is a huge surprise to me. I didn't think he's be anywhere near Drew Brees as a replacement to him...but he's proving me wrong. He's the real deal. Let's hope that we'll see similar results when Jason Campbell plays since we're developing him in a similar manner.

Schaub needs a new team. He looked pretty good when given the chance, but he will be a career backup in Atlanta. He'd make every team a good backup right now, but whether he can suceed in 16 games is unknown.

MY TOP 10:

1 - Rivers
2 - Leinart
3 - Manning
4 - Grossman (ok, he's 26 but STILL a young QB)
5 - J. P. Losman
6 - V. Young
7 - Roethlisberger
8 - Chris Simms (ok, he's 26 too...)
9 - Charlie Frye (even on a horrible Cleveland team with no offensive line, mediocre WRs and a banged-up RB, he's shown flashes of great play)
10 - J. Campbell...only ranked #10 because of no snaps, but he belongs on the list.You think Chris Simms, V.Young , JP Losman, and Charlie Frye are all better than A.Smith? WTF...