Barnwell: Projecting first starts for all five Round 1 QBs

We were promised five first-round quarterbacks, and last Thursday we got five first-round quarterbacks. The 2018 draft was just the third of the modern era to see five or more quarterbacks come off the board in the opening round, and while there are no guarantees about their chances of succeeding, history suggests that two or three of these quarterbacks will turn into franchise passers.

In looking at why quarterbacks from the past struggled, I found that teams were routinely either disingenuous or naive about how long rookies would sit before being inserted into the starting lineup. Take the case of Blake Bortles, who had mechanical issues in college at UCF. When the Jaguars drafted Bortles…