Quarterbacks are the focal points of NFL offenses to a greater extent than ever before. Teams with “franchise” quarterbacks, such as the Kansas City Chiefs, feel lucky to have them and can focus on improving the pieces around them. Teams that clearly do not have franchise quarterbacks, such as the Carolina Panthers, feel pressure to give up assets to move to the top of the draft and get one...if they can figure out which prospect has the best chance of becoming one.
Teams in between, like the New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks, had difficult decisions to make about whether their current quarterback is “the guy.