Eric Crocker · May 22, 2026
Crocker gives his own top five quarterbacks for 2026 — Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Stafford, Jackson — and then places Purdy behind Darnold, Maye, Williams and Lawrence but ahead of Herbert, Prescott, Daniels, Love, Mayfield, Hurts, Goff, Rodgers, Nix, Stroud and Mac Jones.
“I would probably have to lean Mahomes, number one, still.”
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“I would probably have to lean Mahomes, number one, still... But I'm gonna go Josh Allen. After him... I gotta go Joe Burrow... And then I'll go Matthew Stafford... And then I'll go Lamar Jackson”
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