Ryan Tannehill currently has the
best winning percentage in 2015
out of all the QBs from the 2012 draft
The 2012 draft class featured four quarterbacks being drafted in the first round including Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin, Ryan Tannehill, and Brandon Weeden. Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins were also drafted later in the draft
However, 2015 has not been kind to these quarterbacks. Only Ryan Tannehill has a .500 record and even his season was off to rocky start given that his head coach was fired and was criticized for making fun of practice squad players who intercepted his passed in practice
Andrew Luck is currently 1-4 and has also suffered a shoulder injury earlier in the season. Even his backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is 2-0 in place of Luck. Robert Griffin lost his starting job in training camp, who lost 12 of his 13 games even before getting benched.
Brandon Weeden took the starting job of Tony Romo after he was injured. Weeden only to get benched in favor of Matt Cassell after going 0-3. Russell Wilson is 3-5 and has failed to capitalize on the acquisition Jimmy Graham from the New Orleans Saints.
Kirk Cousins did win offensive player of the week, after bringing Washington back from a 24-0 deficit and is currently selling -shirts based on his comments after the game. Deion Sanders joked that Kirk Cousins may have been directing those statements to RG3. Still, Cousins only holds a 3-4 record as a starting quarterback this season.
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— Kirk Cousins (@KirkCousins8) October 27, 2015
WEEK 8 PICKS
Detroit @ Kansas City (-5) - The Lions are struggling while the Chiefs are coming into their own after a win against the Steelers as Chandrick West appears to have filled the void left by Jamal Charles.
Minnesota @ Chicago (-1) - The Bears are coming off a bye and Jay Cutler looks to get back to .500 as a starting quarterback.
Tampa Bay (+7) @ Atlanta - Tampa Bay will look to redeem themseleves after a 24 point collapse against Washington. Atlanta has not been putting their opponents away convincingly as of late.
NY Giants @ New Orleans (-3) - The Giants defense has been below average. Brees will have time to dissect the defense given that New York has not done much to pressure oppossing quarterbacks.
Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati (-1) - The Bengals remain undefeated and have had time to prepare coming off a bye. Big Ben could make his return but could have some rust after a 6 week layoff.
San Diego @ Baltimore (-3) - Both teams are struggling. The Ravens being the home team has to count for something.
San Francisco @ St. Louis (-8) - The Rams look to continue their undefeated record against division foes. Colin Kaepernick has struggled in the past against this Rams' defense.
Houston (-4) @ Tennessee - Houston looks to get its act together after a humiliting loss against the Dolphins.
Oakland @ NY Jets (-2.5) - The Jets could stifle the passing attack of the Raiders.
Seattle (-6) @ Dallas - Dallas could get Dez Bryant back and its rushing attack was pretty good last week with Darren McFadden spelling Joeseph Randle who went down. Still, Seattle's secondary could capitalize on Cassel's lack of arm strength.
Denver Broncos @ Green Bay Packers (-3)- This is the 4th time in the NFL history that 2 6-0 teams have met. Denver's defense has been great although the Packers defense could take advantage of Manning's lack of arm strength.
Indianapolis @ Carolina (-7) - This is a battle of #1 picks of respective drafts. Cam Newton is 6-0 while Luck is 1-4 .
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