Trivia
Trivia for July 9, 2022
Question
Baker Mayfield this year likely will become the fourth former No. 1 overall draft pick to start at quarterback for Carolina (joining Cam Newton, Vinny Testaverde and David Carr). In the last 20 years, what are the only other two franchises that have started three such players at quarterback?
Answer
Arizona (Murray, Bradford, Palmer) and the Rams (Bradford, Goff, Stafford). Two teams have started four quarterbacks who were No. 1 overall picks in the Super Bowl era. The Rams (in addition to the other three, Steve Bartkowski started a few games for them in his final season) and the Raiders (Plunkett, George, Russell, Palmer). The Rams also started two quarterbacks who were No. 1 overall picks before the Super Bowl era: Roman Gabriel and Joe Namath (a No. 1 ovreall pick in AFL draft). When including three draft picks from the ‘50s and early ‘60s (King Hill, Jack Concannon, Roman Gabriel), the Eagles have started five such quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era (Sam Bradford and Michael Vick, most recently).