Tampa Bay appears to have found its quarterback. Mike Glennon is putting up solid numbers, and he's taking care of the football. His passer rating, believe it or not, is better than what Andrew Luck or Matt Ryan managed as a rookie.
Maybe North Carolina State knew what it was doing when it let Russell Wilson transfer to Wisconsin?
In the last 10 years, 26 rookie quarterbacks have attempted at least 200 passes. Only three of those guys had higher passer ratings than where Glennon is at right now, and they're all franchise-type guys -- RG3, Wilson and Roethlisberger.
(RG3 is still a franchise quarterback, right?)
ROOKIE QB WITH 200 ATTEMPTS, 2003- | ||||||
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Year | Passer | Pct | TD | Int | Rating | |
2012 | Robert Griffin III | 66% | 20 | 5 | 102.4 | |
2012 | Russell Wilson | 64% | 26 | 10 | 100.0 | |
2004 | Ben Roethlisberger | 66% | 17 | 11 | 98.1 | |
2013 | Mike Glennon | 62% | 13 | 4 | 91.6 | |
2008 | Matt Ryan | 61% | 16 | 11 | 87.7 | |
2011 | Cam Newton | 60% | 21 | 17 | 84.5 | |
2012 | Nick Foles | 63% | 6 | 5 | 82.1 | |
2013 | E.J. Manuel | 59% | 8 | 4 | 82.1 | |
2011 | Andy Dalton | 58% | 20 | 13 | 80.4 | |
2008 | Joe Flacco | 60% | 14 | 12 | 80.3 | |
2012 | Andrew Luck | 54% | 23 | 18 | 76.5 | |
2010 | Sam Bradford | 60% | 18 | 15 | 76.5 | |
2012 | Ryan Tannehill | 58% | 12 | 13 | 76.1 | |
2010 | Colt McCoy | 61% | 6 | 9 | 74.5 | |
2006 | Matt Leinart | 57% | 11 | 12 | 74.0 | |
2003 | Byron Leftwich | 57% | 14 | 16 | 73.0 | |
2012 | Brandon Weeden | 57% | 14 | 17 | 72.6 | |
2007 | Trent Edwards | 56% | 7 | 8 | 70.4 | |
2011 | Christian Ponder | 54% | 13 | 13 | 70.1 | |
2006 | Vince Young | 52% | 12 | 13 | 66.7 | |
2011 | Blaine Gabbert | 51% | 12 | 11 | 65.4 | |
2009 | Mark Sanchez | 54% | 12 | 20 | 63.0 | |
2013 | Geno Smith | 55% | 8 | 18 | 62.1 | |
2009 | Matthew Stafford | 53% | 13 | 20 | 61.0 | |
2009 | Josh Freeman | 54% | 10 | 18 | 59.8 | |
2010 | Jimmy Clausen | 53% | 3 | 9 | 58.4 |