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Swinging and missing at quarterback

Jets and 49ers have little to show for their recent efforts

Everyone agrees you have to have a quarterback to win in the NFL, so there will be plenty selected in the early rounds of this year's NFL Draft. Unfortunately, more dart throws don't always produce viable quarterbacks, as the 21st century is proving.

Since 2000, the Jets and 49ers have each selected 10 quarterbacks in the NFL Draft. That's tops in the league, tied with Washington and the Broncos. Washington finally found a good one in Kirk Cousins, although of course they've got some fence-mending to do if they want to keep him. Denver has last year's first-rounder Paxton Lynch; too soon to say whether they have or haven't found their guy.

The Jets and 49ers, meanwhile, will start journeymen Josh McCown and Brian Hoyer. They're definitely still looking.

Numbers of quarterbacks drafted by NFL franchises over the last 16 years are shown below. That's drafted, only; doesn't include trades, free-agent signings or undrafted players who have also shuffled in and off the rosters of teams in that timeframe. No one will be surprised if the Jets and 49ers make it up to 11 later this month.

# OF DRAFTED QUARTERBACKS, 2000-2016
PicksNFL Team
10Jets
1049ers
10Washington
10Broncos
9Patriots
9Ravens
8Browns
8Rams
7Buccaneers
7Chargers
7Eagles
7Packers
7Panthers
7Texans
6Bears
6Bengals
6Cardinals
6Dolphins
6Falcons
6Lions
6Raiders
6Seahawks
6Steelers
6Vikings
5Bills
5Kansas City
5Giants
5Jaguars
5Saints
5Titans
4Colts
3Cowboys

--Andy Richardson

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