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One NFL team executive recently lamented how the pendulum has shifted in terms of when quarterbacks reset the market.
"Quarterbacks used to get paid for winning Super Bowls, not for having good regular-season stats," the exec said to The Athletic's Mike Sando. "It was Steve Young, Dan Marino, John Elway, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning. Then, all of a sudden, I think it started right around Matthew Stafford with the Lions (in 2013), where it suddenly became, 'Next man up.'"
There's no question that teams feel an immense level of pressure to sign a homegrown quarterback even if that player hasn't delivered when it counts the most.