The 2026 NFL season is nearly upon us, and that implies that all fan bases will be hopeful that that is the season their workforce can put collectively a run and win the Tremendous Bowl. Of Course, so much will hinge on the quarterback place for all 32 groups, and the fact is that some groups are going to be fairly decently challenged on the sport’s most necessary place.
Some groups are going into the season with “solutions” at quarterback that basically simply increase extra questions on how these franchises are going to attempt to discover wins. Right here’s an inventory of the 5 groups in probably the most precarious spots on the quarterback place.
5. Atlanta Falcons – Tua Tagovailoa/ Michael Penix Jr.
The Atlanta Falcons are in an particularly powerful spot because the franchise has but to even decide a beginning quarterback. Whether or not veteran Tua Tagovailoa or the youthful Michael Penix Jr. wins the job, each have had well-documented struggles with staying wholesome, and sadly, in each circumstances, regardless of some flashes, each have left so much to be desired with their play even when they’re wholesome.
Whoever wins this job, a Tremendous Bowl for Atlanta looks as if a pipe dream at this level.Tua
4. Tennessee Titans- Cam Ward
The Tennessee Titans and second-year quarterback Cam Ward are inclined to fly underneath the radar, however the actuality is that the previous first general choose has not been all that good since arriving within the NFL. As a rookie, Ward completed with simply 3,169 passing yards and solely 15 touchdowns, throwing seven interceptions.
There’s nonetheless loads of time in Ward’s profession to show issues round, however as Anthony Richardson Sr. realized with the Indianapolis Colts, franchises received’t wait without end within the NFL. If Ward doesn’t take huge steps in his sophomore season, he might be asking Richardson about one of the best ways to go about asking for a commerce.
3. Las Vegas Raiders- Kirk Cousins
The Las Vegas Raiders are beginning a bona fide veteran Week 1 in Kirk Cousins, however it isn’t the identical Cousins that led the Minnesota Vikings. After coming off a brutal Achilles harm, Cousins signed with the Atlanta Falcons, the place he was finally unable to maintain the aforementioned Michael Penix Jr. at bay.
The fact is that after his harm, Cousins isn’t the identical man, and in a loaded AFC West division for a franchise that had the primary general choose in Fernando Mendoza, it’s unlikely he’ll end the 12 months because the year-starting quarterback.
2. Arizona Cardinals- Jacoby Brissett
The Cardinals and Kyler Murray parted methods. Now, the franchise turns to veteran Jacoby Brissett. Brissett isn’t a nasty quarterback per se, however the actuality is that, with the instruments round him in Arizona, he’s in no place to succeed, and the possibilities of him doing so are extraordinarily low.
Brissett is a bridge quarterback to get to the subsequent man, and it’s unlikely even probably the most optimistic Cardinals fan views him as way more than that. In consequence, maybe undeservedly, he’s discovered himself within the second slot in these rankings.
1. Cleveland Browns -Deshaun Watson
This was a no brainer. There’s no means anybody else might’ve been on this spot on the listing. Watson wasn’t the caliber of participant he was for the Houston Texans even earlier than two Achilles accidents, and he definitely hasn’t improved for the reason that accidents. Issues are so dangerous that he was booed relentlessly within the Browns’ home-opening preseason sport, after which proceeded to lash out on the followers viewing him.
If there’s any silver lining in Cleveland, it’s that Watson is nearly assured to surrender his beginning job by the point the season wraps, and it could be as early as Week 3, which might save him from a refrain of boos in Cleveland’s dwelling opener.
