How many times do you think we heard that during the off-season this past year? A dozen? A hundred? A thousand? I'm not totally sure, either, but it was a lot.
Well. . .just for fun, here's the performances for the first two pre-season games from some of the quarterbacks that will be hanging around the rosters of NFC North teams this season. Prospective starters are in italics.
| Quarterback | Team | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yards | TD | INT | Sacked | QB Rating |
| Rex Grossman | CHI | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66.9 |
| Kyle Orton | CHI | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.4 |
| Jon Kitna | DET | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Dan Orlovsky | DET | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.4 |
| Drew Stanton | DET | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 |
| Aaron Rodgers | GB | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 71.3 |
| Brian Brohm | GB | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | MIN | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127.1 |
| Gus Frerotte | MIN | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98.2 |
Honestly, I don't know who the starter in Chicago is going to be. . .or the primary backup in Detroit. That's why things are the way they are in the table. I'll probably update this after Detroit has played their second pre-season game this evening against Cincinnati.
But, yeah. . .which team is a quarterback away from being a contender again?
Also. . .isn't it amazing how much less impressive Green Bay's offensive line, wide receivers, and running backs look without that certain someone behind center taking the snaps?
Yes, I know. . .it's only pre-season, none of this matters, yadda yadda blah blah. But, really. . .isn't it about time for folks outside of Minnesota to stop crapping all over Tarvaris Jackson at every opportunity? Particularly looking at what he's surrounded by at the position in this division?
If Tarvaris Jackson isn't already the best quarterback in this division. . .and I, personally, think that he is, but I'm biased. . .he will be by the halfway point of the 2008 season at the latest.