If you don't know who elites QBs are, just watch P. Manning, T. Brady, A. Rodgers, and D. Brees performing on Sundays.  Those four QBs pretty much changed the way we look at quarterbacking this decade.  They are first ballot HoFers.

 

Franchise QBs are Matt Ryan, Eli Manning, Big Ben, Tony Romo (yes, he is a franchise QB) and Joe Flacco.  They don't consistently perform at the highest level like their elite QB counterparts and aren't necessary HoFers, but they can win SBs, put up nice numbers, and bring stability to a franchise for the next 10 years.  Basically, they are the type of QBs GMs/coaches know for sure that they can win and have success for the next 10 years if the GM can build a proper team around them.

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