Your quarterback-drafting trivia quiz of the week.

[Rain Man]

In preparation for the 2017 NFL Annual player selection process, I have a quarterback drafting quiz for you.

Here are the background rules:

1. We're talking only about quarterbacks.
2. We're talking about the 47 drafts from 1970 through 2016, nothing before that.
3. For Questions 1 through 3, I'm just taking raw numbers, regardless of how long a franchise has been around. For Questions 4 through 6, for franchises that didn't exist all 47 years, I scaled up their picks to a 47-year extrapolated total.
4. When I talk about draft points, I assume that the pick occurred in the middle of the round and didn't track the actual selection spot. So all first-round picks are the same value, all second-round picks are the same value, etc.
5. I assumed that any pick beyond the 8th round is an 8th round pick, because why not?
6. I sum by franchise. So the Titans include the Oilers, the Rams include all of their various cities, etc. So answer by team name, not city name.

Ready? Here's your quiz.

1. Two franchises have invested in 6 first-round QBs since 1970. Name them. Titans/Oilers and Colts

2. Three teams have invested in only 1 first-round pick since 1970. Three have existed since 1970, and one is newer. Name them. Texans, Cowboys, Saints.

3. Only 1 team has invested 8 or more picks since 1970 in the 1st or 2nd round on QBs. What team? Jets.

4. Regardless of the round taken, what three teams have drafted the most QBs since 1970? Bengals 32, Packers 31, Bears 27

5. Regardless of the round taken, what three teams have drafted the fewest QBs since 1970? Jaguars (15 when scaled up), Saints 17, Seahawks, Vikings, Panthers - 18 with scaling.

6. Including draft point values (see Rule 4 above), what three teams have invested the most draft points on QBs since 1970?

7. Including draft point values (see Rule 4 above), what three teams have invested the fewest draft points on QBs since 1970?

8. Where do the Chiefs rank among the 32 franchises in terms of total draft points invested?

9. What is the average number of quarterbacks drafted per 46 years of existence in the NFL? 23

10, How many total quarterbacks have been drafted by the Chiefs since 1970? 21

[kccrow]

I was assuming we were counting the 1984 amateur draft that was held when they selected Ken Hobart in the 1st.

[Rain Man]

And related to that, I show that the average NFL team drafts 23 quarterbacks per 47 years. So the Chiefs apparently passed on two quarterbacks over the past half century: Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady.

[AssEaterChief]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Question 3 is the New York Jets with 9.

Although there are a few teams with 7.

The Jets are the correct answer but I'm pretty sure they only have 8....4 in the first and 4 in the 2nd...

Are you counting Joe Namath (65)?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I was assuming we were counting the 1984 amateur draft that was held when they selected Ken Hobart in the 1st.

Ah. Was that the USFL disbanding draft?

[kccrow]

You should add another question.

What team spent the most 1st overall selections on a QB?

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Ah. Was that the USFL disbanding draft?

Yep. Also where the Bucs took Steve Young #1. And the Eagles got Reggie White at #4.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by kccrow

You should add another question.

What team spent the most 1st overall selections on a QB?

I just looked it up. Wow. It's not even close.

[rydogg58]

I was taking a stab at this and found something interesting. In 1978 the St. Louis Cardinals drafted a punter with the 15th overall pick. Steve Little. Guy played for 3 seasons and punted 125 total times.

[beach tribe]

What is, your mother is a whore, Trebeck!

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

1 1 7 Todd Blackledge
1 1 23 Steve Fuller
2 2 40 Matt Blundin
2 2 32 Mike Elkins
3 3 85 Brodie Croyle
3 3 66 David Jaynes
4 4 110 Pat Barnes
4 4 134 Steve Stenstrom
4 4 104 Pete Woods
5 5 162 Kevin Hogan
5 5 163 Aaron Murray
5 5 135 Ricky Stanzi
7 7 229 James Kilian
7 7 199 Steve Matthews
7 7 186 Doug Hudson
7 7 179 Dean Carlson
10 8 261 Mark Vitali
11 8 282 Danny McManus
12 8 319 Bob Gagliano
13 8 361 Joe Bruner
13 8 328 Chuck Hixson

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by rydogg58

I was taking a stab at this and found something interesting. In 1978 the St. Louis Cardinals drafted a punter with the 15th overall pick. Steve Little. Guy played for 3 seasons and punted 125 total times.

I remember him. I think he had some tragedy. Got into a car wreck and became a quadriplegic or something.

[AssEaterChief]

Originally Posted by rydogg58

I was taking a stab at this and found something interesting. In 1978 the St. Louis Cardinals drafted a punter with the 15th overall pick. Steve Little. Guy played for 3 seasons and punted 125 total times.

They also drafted this kicker John Lee 32nd overall in the 1986 draft who basically played one season...made 8 of his 13 fg attempts

Those St Louis Cardinals were some losers of epic proportion

[rydogg58]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I remember him. I think he had some tragedy. Got into a car wreck and became a quadriplegic or something.

Ahh. NFL.com says that he's now deceased. I figured he must have had something happen to him to have only played 3 seasons.

[kccrow]

I'd assume that #5 is the newest teams: Carolina, Jacksonville, and Houston

After that, probably Baltimore and Seattle.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by notorious