The recipe for success in the NFL starts with drafting a franchise quarterback. If you look back on the last 15 winners of the Super Bowl, you will notice that 12 of those 15 were won by quarterbacks who were original draft picks by that team — Brady 4, P. Manning 1, Joe Flacco 1, E. Manning 2, Roethlisberger 2, Wilson 1, and Rodgers 1.
There isn’t a more valuable position on an NFL football team than quarterback. That’s why each year in the draft teams are desperate to have a shot at getting one. Just as the Cardinals were when they traded up with the Raiders in last year’s draft to get Josh Rosen at 10th overall.