NFL teams consistently struggle to draft quarterbacks. For every Patrick Mahomes, there’s a Mitchell Trubisky. For every Peyton Manning, there’s a Ryan Leaf. The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo looks at every quarterback taken in the first round from 1998 to 2017 to explain the difficult process and why fans should cut their teams’ GMs some slack.

Ryen Russillo

Ryen is the host of ‘The Ryen Russillo Podcast’ and an NBA tape grinder, college football lover, and giver of Life Advice.