NFC starting QB power ranking: Where Seahawks Russell Wilson stands

You know, it wouldn’t be an NFL season without some good power rankings. But instead of telling you where the Seahawks rank, I thought it might be fun to rank the quarterbacks who call the NFC home.

Now, before we begin, it is important to understand the process. Remember, all power rankings are subjective. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And yes, I am a Seahawks fan, so fighting my obvious bias for Russell Wilson is something I’ll try to adjust for.

But what am I looking for to determine these ranks? Well, it is a blend of things, but one thing these ranks are not going to be is a list of the passing yard leaders in the NFC. Stats are great and play a role in my process, but not an overwhelming role.

It is important to remember that quarterbacks play in vastly different schemes, with varying gameplans from week to week. Raw numbers just don’t impress me. Saying QB1 threw for 400 yards and QB2 only threw for 300, doesn’t work for me. How many attempts? How many third-down conversions? What about turnovers?

As much as we want to boil things down to one number, it just isn’t realistic. So yes, numbers do play a role in the process, but they aren’t everything. Also, I am only human, so past success will leak into my process, but 2019 will be most heavily weighted. But let’s just get to the fun stuff, the ranks.

Nothing personal Dwayne, but you haven’t technically been named the starter and your sample size is so small, I don’t have much of a choice.

Again, nothing personal, but Chase is only the starter because Mitch Trubisky got hurt and Trubisky is pretty bad himself. Daniels is a capable backup and should not sink the Bears, but a strong defense and run game will be a must to support Daniels.

Allen is playing reasonably well filling in for Cam Newton and there is some pretty obvious raw skill here. But Allen never really figured things out at the University of Houston and it takes more than 2 starts to get my attention as a UDFA.

Danny “Dimes” Jones was seen as a reach when the Giants selected him inside the top 10 of the 2019 NFL Draft. But he had a solid pre-season and has won his first 2 starts after replacing Eli Manning, playing well along the way. He has completed 69% of his passes thus far, though 2 starts against the Bucs and Washington are hardly enough for him to be much higher than he is here.