A starting quarterback in the NFL wins one game and loses 10 and he thinks he should be a starter. Here’s a list of the top 15 paid backups in the NFL he would have to get by just to get a chance to compete with the starter and he is making more money than the teams can afford.
Matt Schaub (Oakland Raiders) - Salary: $6.75 million a year
Robert Griffin III (Washington Redskins) - Salary: $5.27 million a year
Matt Cassel (Minnesota Vikings) - Salary: $5.25 million a year
Matt Moore (Miami Dolphins) - Salary: $4 million a year
Chad Henne (Jacksonville Jaguars) - Salary: $4 million a year
Michael Vick (New York Jets) - Salary: $4 million a year
Matt Hasselbeck (Indianapolis Colts) - Salary: $3.62 million a year
Chase Daniel (Kansas City Chiefs) - Salary: $3.33 million a year
Jake Locker (Tennessee Titans) - Salary: $3.14 million a year
Blaine Gabbert (San Francisco 49ers) - Salary: $3 million a year
Christian Ponder (Minnesota Vikings) - Salary: $2.53 million a year
EJ Manuel (Buffalo Bills) - Salary: $2.22 million a year
Charlie Whitehurst (Tennessee Titans) - Salary: $2.12 million a year
Johnny Manziel (Cleveland Browns) - Salary: $2.06 million a year
Bruce Gradkowski (Pittsburgh Steelers) - Salary: $1.65 million a year
And his restructured $12 million for 2016 still makes him way to overpaid to get a call. And he isn’t as good as many on the above list and not good enough to bring him on for the others at his price. Also, QB rating last year was 55.7% I can find a high school QB that can do that good.
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Nick Foles should be on that list.