The National Football League can be divided into two categories: teams that have their franchise quarterback and teams that are searching for one.
To be consigned to the latter is often the depths of NFL purgatory; the endless cycle of draft QB, sit him or start him, hope he’s the answer, give it a few years, replace him with a bridge quarterback, then rinse and repeat.
This cycle has several variations, including “draft a guy, have him get off to a hot start and think he’s the answer, then have it all come crashing down” (Eagles), “trade for a so-called star quarterback and have him implode” (Broncos), “get stuck in the cells of somewhere-above-mediocrity” (Vikings), and others.