Honestly, not being coy, I think you're spinning the hell out of the data. Elway, a #1 pick, only practiced and played for one team in his career. The vagaries of draft day trades aren't even relevant to this discussion unless you're trying to spin something.
Everything I said is a fact, John. The reality is that quarterback is a first round position. The quarterbacks who have defined the modern era are Montana, Young, Aikman, Marino, Favre, Elway, Brady, and Manning. Young WAS drafted in round one, but he signed with the USFL instead of TB initially.
Young, Aikman, Marino, Elway, and Manning were not only first round picks, most were very high. Favre was LIKE a first round pick, acquired with one a year after being the 33rd pick.
Then Montana was a third and Brady was a sixth.
So six were basically first rounders, one was a third, and one was a sixth. I think that's a very realistic representation of how great quarterbacks are found.
Right now, we're talking about Manning, Brady, Brees, Rodgers, Favre, Roethlisberger, and Rivers. Four are first round picks, two are "like" first round picks... and then there's Brady.
Five are with their original teams. One got to the Super Bowl twice with his original team, the team he played for 16 years. The other, Brees, spent a fairly significant amount of time with a previous team.
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