Nick Wright· Jul 19, 2025
Nick Wright gives his own ordering of NFL quarterbacks entering the season, topped by Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, with Jalen Hurts seventh.
“I would go one Patrick, two, Josh three, Lamar four, Joe five, Stafford six, Jalen Hurts seven with an asterisk of it's probably too early, but I give it to him. Jaden Daniels eight, Baker”
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- Top Player ListsJul 19, 2025
“If you're here, is what my rankings would look like. If I were doing, I would go one Patrick, two, Josh three, Lamar four, Joe five, Stafford six, Jalen Hurts seven with an asterisk of it's probably too early, but I give it to him. Jaden Daniels eight, Baker And then it gets trickier.”
Close · 67Scored 66.67a naive guess scored 50+33.33 skillHow this was scored
- naive:
- a coin-flip ordering scores 50
- skill:
- 33.33
- placed:
- 8
- season:
- 2025
- players:
- 8
- accuracy:
- 66.67
- baseline:
- 50
- by position:
- QB 8: 66.67
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- could not place:
- 0
- weeks left when called:
- 18
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