Does the AFC have better QB's than the NFC?

Question

With Jamarcus Russell, the 6'6 launching pad from LSU and Brady Quinn going to 2 AFC teams, it made me wonder, does the AFC just draft better QB's than the NFC. If you look right now, Palmer,Manning, Brady, Rothlisburger, Vince Young (rookie of the year)all play in the AFC. In the NFC right now, Maybe Mcnabb when he is healthy but he can't manage to do that. Maybe Bulger but he can't carry a team. Hassleback and Brees might come in 1 and 2 in there conference, but NFL wise, they would come in 4 or 5, holla back

Answer 1

LOL! You put Young and Rothlesburger in the same class as Palmer, Brady, and Manning???
First of all, yes, the AFC has the cream of the crop when it comes to elite QBs. It just so happened that the AFC had the top pick when Manning and Palmer were available in the draft, and Brady just sort of came out of nowhere. They aren't better at finding QBs, they were just bad enough to have the first overall picks in those drafts and got their guy.
Now, as for ranking Young and Rothlesburger higher than guys like Philip Rivers and Steve McNair...
Did you know that Young completed only 52% of his passes last year and had 13 int's to just 12 TDs? Did you know that his QB rating was a 67? If you look at how the Titans won 8 games last year, Young didn't do much. Travis Henry is the guy who kept the Titans in most games and deserves most of the credit. It'll be fun to see Young fall on his face this year without a reliable running back to fall back on.
Ben Rothlesburger had a 75 QB rating in '06. He had 18 TDs and 23 Ints. Now, if you consider those elite numbers in comparison to Bulger's and McNabb's, please explain why you feel this way.

Answer 2

Top Six QB's in each conference based on passer ratings:



Rank Player Team Yds Att Cmp TDs Ints Long Rating
1 Tony Romo DAL 189 29 17 1 0 32 89.6
2 Drew Brees NO 597 81 47 3 1 88 88.3
3 Eli Manning NYG 161 27 16 2 1 29 85.6
4 Jeff Garcia PHI 393 61 32 2 0 75 83.6
5 Rex Grossman CHI 591 92 52 3 3 68 73.2
6 Matt Hasselbeck SEA 435 69 36 3 3 37 68.2

AFC Passer Rating
Rank Player Team Yds Att Cmp TDs Ints Long Rating
1 Chad Pennington NYJ 300 40 23 1 1 77 79.2
2 Tom Brady NE 724 119 70 5 4 49 76.5
3 Peyton Manning IND 1034 153 97 3 7 53 70.5
4 Philip Rivers SD 230 32 14 0 1 58 55.5
5 Steve McNair BAL 173 29 18 0 2 23 49.9
6 Trent Green KC 107 24 14 1 2 24 48.4

Passer rating gives you an idea on how good a QB is, but the ulitmate stat and how QB's are judged are wins / championships.

Top SIx based on team record last year:

AFC:

*yz-San Diego 14 2 0 .875 492 303 8-0 6-2 10-2 4-0 5-1 Won 10
yz-Baltimore 13 3 0 .812 353 201 7-1 6-2 10-2 3-1 5-1
y-Indianapolis 12 4 0 .750 427 360 8-0 4-4 9-3 3-1 3-3 Won 1
y-New England 12 4 0 .750 385 237 5-3 7-1 8-4 4-0 4-2 Won 3
x-N.Y. Jets 10 6 0 .625 316 295 4-4 6-2 7-5 3-1 4-2 Won 3
x-Kansas City 9 7 0 .562 331 315 6-2 3-5 5-7 4-0 4-2 Won 2
Denver 9 7 0 .562 319 305 4-4 5-3 8-4 1-3 3-3 Lost 1

NFC:

*yz-Chicago 13 3 0 .812 427 255 6-2 7-1 2-2 11-1 5-1 Lost 1
yz-New Orleans 10 6 0 .625 413 322 4-4 6-2 1-3 9-3 4-2 Lost 1
y-Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 398 328 5-3 5-3 1-3 9-3 5-1 Won 5
y-Seattle 9 7 0 .562 335 341 5-3 4-4 2-2 7-5 3-3 Won 1
x-Dallas 9 7 0 .562 425 350 4-4 5-3 3-1 6-6 2-4 Lost 2

*4 Teams at 8-8 (N.Y. Giants, Carolina, Green Bay, St. Louis)

Answer 3

AFC
tom brady
peyton manning(pro bowl)
carson palmer
ben rothlisburger
Vince Young
Phillip River(pro bowl)
Trent Green

NFC
Drew Brees(best last year/probowl)
Donnovan Mcnabb
Brett Farve
Matt Hassleback
Mark Bulger(pro bowl)
Micheal Vick
Jake Dellhome
Matt Lienart
Eli Manning(verry underated/bad O-line and Recievers
Rex grossman(SUUUUCKS)
Tony Romo(Worse than Grossman yet to prove himself and still makes pro bowl)


Well at the most top of the line QB's it's the AFC but if you were to take all the Qb's the AFC

Answer 4

Top 5 in the NFC
1) Drew Brees
2) McNabb
3) Favre
4) Leinert
5) Dehlome (Not sure if I spelled this correct?)
Top 5 in the AFC
1) Manning
2) Brady
3) Palmer
4) McNair
5) Rivers
Over all in the NFL
1) Manning ( He got the current ring )
2) Brees ( Was gonna pick him # 1,his stats )
3) Brady ( I know 3 rings but, Manning, enough said )
4) Palmer ( I just see it this way )
5) McNabb ( When he is healthy )
Favre,sorry Packer fans,( He throws way too many INT's )

Answer 5

Even without the Browns and Raiders selecting QBs in the first round, the AFC already had far superior QBs. Facts are Facts.

Carson Palmer
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady

3 of the best in the league.

Answer 6

Right now yes, but they go in cycles so it's not a big deal. As long as Brady and Manning stay in the AFC, the scale will tip towards AFC for years to come...

Answer 7

Yes, yes they do. Manning. Brady. No one else matters really (neither of those guys play for my team btw). Overall, I think on could make the assertion that the AFC is better than the NFC.

Answer 8

Yes they do with Rivers, Manning, and Brady......the AFC as a whole is WAY better talent wise than the NFC.

Answer 9

The AFC is just better all around. It is just luck. Sure, they draft better right now...but look at the 90's. The Cowboys, 49ers and Packers. Now it is the Patriots, Colts and Chargers

Answer 10

Statistically, the NFC QB's were better in 2006.

Favre led in pass attempts, Kitna led in completions, Brees in yards and if you want to count, Vick was the best scrambler. Among AFC QBs, only Peyton led in TD passes.

I like Leinart the next season.