The crew at sports/politics site El Dorado have gone through historic NFL yardage data, adjusting for contemporary statistical inflation, in search of the most prolific quarterback draft class in league history. The results: The 1971 group (Ken Anderson, Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Lynn Dickey) edges out the 1983 group (Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, John Elway, Ken O'Brien) for the top slot, with the 2004 group (Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers, Matt Schaub) still in the hunt. The 2012 group got off to a very strong start, but 2017 was not kind to them:
With the NFL draft approaching, let's check in on the 2012 QB class and where they are now.