Quote:The averages are designed to show that, for the most part, teams who play rookie QBs- whether by initial design or out of necessity, whether they envisioned the rookie signal caller to be a franchise player or not-tend to lose more than they win.

 

But dividing between franchise signal caller or not can be tricky too.

 

At what point in the career is the designation made?  What the team envisioned upon drafting the player, or after the player's career is established?  Where is the dividing line set?  Does Joe Flacco fall into the franchise signal caller category?

 

I would be willing to go through the list and divide into franchise/non franchise QBs, but I would need to know the operational definitions with which we are working.