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Colts Ranked as the NFL’s 3rd Best Franchise All-Time Drafting Quarterbacks

According to ESPN’s Seth Walder (subscription), theIndianapolis Colts are the NFL’s 3rd best franchise as it relates to drafting quarterbacks all-time:

3. Indianapolis Colts

Total drafted QB career AV above expectation: 167

Best value pick: Peyton Manning, No. 1 in 1998

Worst value pick: Art Schlichter, No. 4 in 1982

Though selected with the first overall pick in 1998, Manning still accumulated the fourth-most AV above expectation of any quarterback, and the most among all players selected in the first round.