The impending retirement of older QBs like Philip Rivers could contribute to a larger quarterback drought in the NFL.
Just a few seasons ago, when we were saying goodbye to Peyton Manning and starting to accept the idea that we would one day soon be saying goodbye to Eli Manning, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers and Tom Brady, the league was also struggling to develop a swath of young starters to take their respective places.
The quarterback drought was a real thing. The Jaguars built a team that, pretty successfully, operated without one for the better part of two seasons.