If you were to ask any NFL fan who is the worst team in the league when it comes to drafting and keeping quarterbacks, the most likely answer is probably the Cleveland Browns. Having had 28 different starting quarterbacks since 1999, it’s hard to compete with dysfunction like that.
However, Washington might just be throwing their hat into the ring. With the latest release of QB Dwayne Haskins, who was the No. 15 overall pick just a year ago, you can make the argument that Washington is another place where QBs go to die. However, in Washington, QBs are distinctly unable to get their careers started, which has been proven once again by Haskins.
Washington has drafted five 1st-round quarterbacks in the Modern Draft Era. Only one has started a playoff game (Robert Griffin III).
Of those five QBs, none played more than four seasons with Washington. pic.twitter.com/Z17c8Pwy0l
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 28, 2020
Five quarterbacks drafted in the first round since 1994, and a total of one playoff game played between them. A total record of 49-81 combined and no more than four seasons played in Washington from any of them.
It may be bad luck, or it may be that Washington has a real quarterback problem, unable to groom from the start and build from there. Whatever it is, anyone who sees this may start to consider a free-agent QB acquisition this offseason, rather than trying to find the guy with their first-round pick in the 2021 draft. Just a thought.
