As the N.F.L.’s exhibition season gets into full swing this week, all eyes will be on the bumper crop of rookie quarterbacks: five first-rounders for the first time since 1999. Who will be the next Donovan McNabb? Who will be the next Tim Couch? This week will start to provide the answers.
Here’s a look at the games ahead and where the young quarterbacks stand.
Baker Mayfield
Browns-Giants, Thursday, 7 p.m. Eastern
Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy and was drafted No. 1 over all. But that means he will be playing for the Cleveland Browns, hardly a quarterback hotbed over the past 20 years.