It's no secret, nor is it often disputed, that the NFL possesses more franchises than franchise quarterbacks. And recent trends have only highlighted the scarcity of elite signal-callers breaking into the league.
Earlier this offseason, Bleacher Report's Ty Schalter noted as part of in-depth analysis regarding the quality of emerging quarterbacks that with the "grand old generation of today's top quarterbacks" (guys like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers and Tony Romo) all nearing the end of their careers, "the NFL has never been hungrier for good quarterbacks.