2023 Pre-Season Rank #73, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #70, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #52, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #83.  Peak Period: 2017-22*

Oh boy.   We had Watson pegged as a future Hall of Fame inductee, and even though he was leading a team in Houston that did not have the supporting cast to win a Super Bowl, nobody pointed the finger at Watson for that not happening.  Since then, Watson has been beset by scandals that cost him the entire 2021 Season and the first 11 Games of 2022, which may not be over yet. Watson was injured in 2023, and he will have to perform at an elite level for an extended period to alleviate the stench around his name.  

He has the talent and can put up the numbers, but this is one hell of a mountain to climb.  We try to make these lists on stats, as we think that is usually the deciding factor, but there are always extraordinary circumstances, and honestly, we don't know quite how to factor that in.  If this were any other sport, we likely wouldn't bother to rank Watson, but this is not any other sport.

*Watson missed the entire 2021 Season.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #44, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #55, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #63, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #80.  Peak Period: 2016-17/2021-23

There is no greater pressure cooker in the National Football League than being the Quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, and while Dak Prescott has been maligned in some circles for not winning a Super Bowl, the stat line shows that he has been very good.

The 2016 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year was last year’s runner-up for the MVP.  Last season, Prescott led the NF in Touchdown Passes (36), and if he can take the Cowboys to a Super Bowl, watch his HOF momentum skyrocket.

2023 2022 Pre-Season Rank #38, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #46, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #76. Peak Period: 2019-23

Quarterbacks who win multiple MVPs always enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Lamar Jackson owns two after earning his second MVP last year.  Jackson destroys opponents with his arm but eviscerates them with his legs.  While never throwing for more than 4,000 Yards in a season, Jackson still has a Touchdown Pass Title in 2019 (36), and he could become the first QB to rush for 10,000 career Yards (he currently has 5,228) and already is the only pivot to rush for over 1,000 Yards twice. 

Jackson needs only a Super Bowl Ring, and they have the roster to give it to him. Once he does that, his Hall of Fame resume will be complete.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #10, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #21, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #31, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #47.

It's worth noting that in the previous year, Patrick Mahomes stood out as the sole active player under 30 to secure a spot in the top ten rankings.

Now, he is still under 30 and now ranked #2.

Mahomes is well under most of the career stats of the Modern Positional Averages, as he should be, based on his age, but when a Quarterback wins three Super Bowls and is the MVP in all of them, there is nothing left to prove.  He has nothing left to prove and is still hungry for more.  He is ranked below Aaron Rodgers, but as good as Rodgers has been, he was never in consideration to take the GOAT mantle away from Tom Brady.  There is much buzz that Mahomes can do precisely that.  

Let’s also remember that he is a Quarterback who has a likely first-ballot Hall of Fame Tight End in Travis Kelce (who might be entering his decline but is still excellent), a superstar on defense in Chris Jones, and a Hall of Fame Coach in Andy Reid. 

Given his current standing, it's not a stretch to say that Mahomes is a Pro Football Hall of Famer. The real question is, what will his all-time Quarterback rank be?