Hope, Math, and Attrition

The NFL trade deadline is now past.  That is significant for the quarterback situation.  All replacement quarterbacks for the rest of the season must come from the pool of free agent QB's.

Below is a list of free agent QB's on the market. A few QB's have already been signed from the list.  Those names are in blue strikethrough font.

Every time a starting QB or backup goes down to injury, one of the players on this list will be signed. It is attrition warfare, a numbers game.

EDIT:  I cleaned up the table.  No team is going to sign someone without some recent tape to evaluate, so I removed anyone who did not play in the preseason.

The remaining free agents are sorted by QBR.  That's an eye opener.

If you are wondering what is different this year from last year, it's simple.  Last year Tim did not play in the preseason.  He was not even on the list.  This year he is.  And he is pretty high up, if you go by objective standards.

Name	Last	Current	Camp	NFL Exp	Preseason QBR
Michael Vick	NYJ	PIT	1 week	Yes	113.5
Thaddeus Lewis	CLE	PHI	full	Yes	56.8
Josh Johnson	NYJ	IND	full	Yes	80.5
T.J. Yates	ATL	HOU	full	Yes	64.6
Matt Flynn	NYG	NO	full	Yes	111.9
Kellen Moore	DET	DAL	full	Yes	?
Ryan Mallett	HOU	BAL	full	Yes
Keith Wenning	CIN	CIN	full	No	22.6
Stephen Morris	JAX	IND	full	No	79.7
BJ Daniels	SEA	HOU	as WR	No	6/14
Alex Tanney	TEN	TEN	full	No	125.6
Josh Freeman	MIA	IND	full	Yes	43.1
Ryan Lindley	NE	IND	partial	Yes	57.0
Stephen Morris	JAX	IND	full	No
Christian Ponder	DEN		full	Yes	81.3
Tim Tebow	PHI		full	Yes	90.7
Phillip Sims	ARI		full		88.8
Jeff Tuel	JAC	JAC ps	full	Yes	71.4
McLeod Bethel-Thompson	MIA	SF ps	full	Yes	43.9
Mike Kafka	MIN		full	limited	109.5 (9/13)
Bryn Renner	BAL	TEN ps	full		91.1
Jake Heaps	NYJ		partial		39.6
Bryan Bennett	IND		full		15.4
Cody Fajardo	OAK		full		4.2