Every NFL team dreams of a franchise quarterback, and they are sometimes stuck with a journeyman that is serviceable, and sometimes teams have starting quarterbacks who never should have touched the field. Here is every NFL team’s worst quarterback of all time:

Zach Wilson

Raiders: JaMarcus Russell

18 TDs – 23 INTs, 7-18 QB record

After the Raiders selected JaMarcus Russell No. 1 overall in the 2007 draft, they paid him a whopping 6-year, $68 million contract before he played a single NFL snap. Things went about as one would expect for a quarterback who lied about watching film and came into seasons overweight: a 52.1 completion percentage, 131.7 yards per game, and 48 turnovers. The NFL established a rookie wage scale in 2011 to prevent such fiascos from occurring again.

Bills: Nathan Peterman

4 TDs – 13 INTs, 1-3 QB record

Nathan Peterman only started five NFL games in his career, but he had the worst debut in NFL history, throwing five interceptions in the first half. The other team catches 1 out of every 10 passes thrown by Peterman.

Dolphins: Chad Henne

31 TDs – 37 INTs, 13-18 QB record

The Dolphins held the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft, and instead of drafting Matt Ryan to be their franchise quarterback, they selected offensive tackle Jake Long. This worked in the short term, as Long became a Pro Bowler and the Dolphins went from 1-15 to 11-5 and secured a playoff berth in just one season. Following that season, however, the Fins were stuck with a second-round QB in Chad Henne, who severely underperformed. Henne didn’t throw more touchdowns than interceptions for his first four NFL seasons; that was enough for the Dolphins to part ways with him in 2011.

Ravens: Kyle Boller

45 TDs – 44 INTs, 20-22 QB record

Kyle Boller was drafted 19th overall to be the Ravens’ franchise quarterback, but the 2003 draft was scarce of quarterback talent, and Boller was not an exception. Despite the Ravens’ defense ranking top-6 during every one of Boller’s seasons, Boller failed to propel Baltimore’s offense to at least average. Once Boller was replaced with Steve McNair in 2006, the Ravens went 13-3 and earned the No. 1 seed, making it obvious what this team’s lability was.

Kyle Boller

Jets: Browning Nagle

7 TDs – 17 INTs, 3-10 QB record

The race for the worst Jets starting quarterback is a highly competitive one, as the Jets seem to have a never-ending quarterback carousel. One can make a case for countless Jets’ QBs to be considered as the worst, but Browning Nagle might take the cake for throwing ten more touchdowns than interceptions in just 14 games in 1992. With Nagle’s abysmal 49.6 completion percentage, he resembles an Anthony Richardson, subtracting most of Richardson’s athleticism and upside.

Patriots: Hugh Millen

17 TDs – 28 INTs, 5-15 QB record

After being drafted in the third round by the Rams, he was traded to the Falcons one year later, and Millen had only started 3 career games when he arrived in New England. The inexperience was on full display, turning the ball over 36 times during his two seasons with the Patriots. Millen was a third-round pick, but helped give the Patriots a No. 1 overall pick in 1993, so he technically surpassed his third-round value.

Bengals: Akili Smith

5 TDs – 13 INTs, 2-14 QB record

NFL teams test quarterbacks so thoroughly nowadays because of QBs like Akili Smith, who was drafted No. 3 overall and didn’t understand the playbook. Things went about as you would expect for Smith, throwing five touchdowns to 13 picks during his short career, and an atrocious 46.6 completion percentage.

Akili Smith

Steelers: Cliff Stoudt

14 TDs – 28 INTs, 9-7 QB Record

Cliff Stoudt was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round of the 1977 draft and played as a backup to Terry Bradshaw for most of his career. However, Stoudt was placed in the starter role due to Bradshaw’s injury-plagued 1983 season, and at least it wasn’t as awful as Nathan Peterman.

Stoudt turned the ball over 31 times during that season, and completed slightly over 50 percent of his passes, but the Steelers still somehow finished 10-6 and made the playoffs. Thanks to an elite defense and the league’s 4th-best rushing attack, Pittsburgh overcame their horrendous quarterback play.

Colts: Jack Trudeau

41 TDs – 62 INTs, 18-30 QB record

Jack Trudeau played a whopping eight seasons for the Colts, and three as a starter, but never really found his footing. Trudeau’s 1986 rookie campaign was especially woeful, throwing ten more interceptions than touchdowns, completing less than 50% of passes, and recording a 0-11 QB record.

Browns: DeShone Kizer

11 TDs – 22 INTs, 0-15 QB record

College coaches almost always say positive things about their quarterbacks who get drafted, so it was a foreboding sign when Deshone Kizer’s college coach, Brian Kelly, said that Kizer wasn’t ready for the NFL. To add salt to the wound, the Browns threw Kizer to the wolves, giving the unprepared rookie no offensive line and no one to give the ball to. Throwing twice as many picks as touchdowns is a statline resembling a 70s quarterback, and unprecedented today.

DeShone Kizer

Texans: Brock Osweiler

15 TDs – 16 INTs, 8-6 QB record

During 2016 free agency, the Texans gave a four-year, $72 million contract to a quarterback who had never played a full season as a starter. Once Brock Osweiler started a full season, Texans fans cheered when he got benched. Osweiler threw for under 3,000 yards and led the league’s 5th-worst offense in 2016, but still finished the season with a winning record and a playoff birth. After winning a playoff game against a Raiders’ team without Derek Carr, Osweiler threw three interceptions in a 34-16 loss to the Patriots in the divisional round.

Jaguars: Blaine Gabbert

22 TDs – 24 INTs, 5 – 22 QB record

Blaine Gabbert actually won two Super Bowls during his NFL career, but not as a starter. As a starter, Gabbert averaged 156 yards per game on an awful Jaguars’ team that had many other problems besides quarterback. In Gabbert’s final three starts with the Jaguars, he managed to throw just one touchdown and seven interceptions, which might have broken some records if he had played the full season.

Titans: Zach Mettenberger

12 TDs – 14 INTs, 0-10 QB record

Zach Mettenberger started 10 NFL games during his two-year career and won zero of those games. The Titans had their worst seasons in Tennessee with Mettenberger at quarterback, which isn’t a coincidence.

Broncos: Paxton Lynch

4 TDs – 4 INTs, 1 – 3 QB record

The Broncos would have been better off taking literally anyone else out of the next 50 picks of the draft, even positions they didn’t need, to avoid Paxton Lynch. Taken No. 26 overall in the 2016 draft, Paxton Lynch is easily one of the NFL’s biggest draft busts of the last 10 years. 158.4 yards per game and a higher INT percentage than TD percentage was enough for the Broncos’ coaching staff to bench Lynch after four games and never let him play again.

Chargers: Ryan Leaf

13 TDs – 33 INTs, 4-14 QB record

Ryan Leaf, the No. 2 overall pick of the 1998 draft, started nine games in his rookie season, and the stats speak for themselves: 2 TDs, 15 INTs, 45.3 completion percentage, and a 39.0 passer rating. Things didn’t get much better in year two, which was Leaf’s last season in San Diego and second-to-last in the NFL. The only people who liked Leaf were opposing defenses, because he would constantly throw them the ball.

Chiefs: Todd Blackledge

26 TDs – 32 INTs, 13-11 QB record

After Todd Blackledge was drafted No. 7 overall in 1983, it didn’t take long for fans to realize that he was a bust. However, the Chiefs tried to salvage Blackledge for five seasons until they finally cut their losses, after Blackledge recorded a sub-50 completion percentage and a 59.3 passer rating during his time in Kansas City.

Cowboys: Chad Hutchinson

7 TDs – 8 INTs, 2-7 QB record

Between Troy Aikman and Tony Romo, the Cowboys burned through a variety of different QBs that lasted anywhere from one game to one season, and Chad Hutchinson was no different. Hutchinson was benched after starting nine games for Dallas, where he threw nearly one interception per game. Additionally, Hutchinson’s 50.8 completion percentage wasn’t nearly high enough to keep his job for a full season.

Eagles: Bobby Hoying

11 TDs – 25 INTs, 3-9-1 QB record

After Bobby Hoying recorded 11 touchdowns to 6 interceptions during his first season as a starter, it looked like the Eagles got a steal by taking Hoying in the 3rd round of the 1996 draft. However, Hoying fell back down to earth in the following season, throwing zero touchdowns to nine interceptions, and set an NFL record for the most completions without a touchdown.

Commanders: Heath Shuler

13 TDs – 19 INTs, 4-9 QB record

The Commanders have had 35 different starting quarterbacks over the last 30 seasons; thus, the title of the Commanders’ worst starting QB is a very prestigious honor that is awarded to truly abysmal quarterback play. That title goes to Heath Shuler, drafted No. 3 overall in 1994, who completed less than 50 percent of his passes before he moved to the bench after 13 starts. Things actually got worse for Shuler in New Orleans, who threw for a horrendous 2 TDs to 14 interceptions in 9 starts with the Saints.

Giants: Joe Pisarcik

18 TDs – 43 INTs, 8-19 QB record

Similarly to JaMarcus Rusell, Joe Pisarcik is also responsible for an NFL rule change, as his fumbling of a handoff while running out the clock is known as the “Miracle at the Meadowlands”, leading the NFL to allow teams to end games by kneeling. The rest of Pisarcik’s career didn’t make up for that blunder, recording a 42.7 completion percentage in 11 games, which doesn’t sound possible, but apparently is.

Packers: Randy Wright

31 TDs – 57 INTs, 7-25 QB record

Despite being a 6th-round pick, Randy Wright was given a full season to start at quarterback for Green Bay in 1986. The Packers coaches must have had very little trust in their other QBs by letting Wright play for a full season. Wright threw 17 touchdowns to 23 interceptions during that season, leading to a forgettable 4-12 campaign, which was highlighted by a 12-10 loss to the Bears, where Wright completed 10 passes on 29 attempts.

Vikings: Christian Ponder

38 TDs -36 INTs, 14-21-1 QB record

Christian Ponder earns the title of the worst Vikings quarterback due to his underperformance relative to his No. 12 overall draft pick and playing with a Hall of Fame running back. After an atrocious 2011 rookie season, Ponder won back some respect with an average QB season in 2012, which was enough to gain a playoff berth. Nevertheless, Ponder’s play imploded during the following season, getting permanently benched after throwing 7 touchdowns to 9 interceptions after nine games.

Christian Ponder

Bears: Cade McNown

16 TDs – 19 INTs, 3-12 QB record

Cade McNown was one of the five quarterbacks selected within the first 12 picks of the 1999 draft, and three of those QBs were major busts. Along with Tim Couch and Akili Smith, McNown was a massive bust, only starting fifteen games in two seasons before never playing in the NFL again. McNown threw more interceptions than touchdowns in both of those seasons, leading an offense that averaged 13.5 points per game.

Lions: Joey Harrington

60 TDs – 62 INTs, 18-37 QB record

The 2002 NFL draft featured three quarterbacks drafted in round 1 who were all busts: David Carr, Patrick Ramsey, and Joey Harrington. The Lions kept giving Harrington chances to improve, but his abysmal play was persistent in Detroit for four seasons. Harrington never finished any of those seasons with 20 or more touchdowns or a winning record, wasting plenty of Lions’ seasons.

Falcons: Randy Johnson

34 TDs – 65 INTs, 8-28-1 QB record

The Falcons were an awful team with Randy Johnson at quarterback in the late 60s, which isn’t a coincidence, as Johnson’s as 43.7 completion percentage was dreadful even by the 60s standards. The Falcons’ offense ranked dead last in the NFL in every season where Johnson started more than six games.

Randy Johnson

Saints: Heath Shuler

2 TDs – 14 INTs, 4-5 QB record

Heath Shuler is the only quarterback so awful that he became two NFL teams’ worst QBs in franchise history. His one season with the Saints was even worse than his two-year stint in Washington, as his 2 touchdowns to 14 interceptions in nine games is nothing short of unfathomable. That was unsurprisingly Shuler’s last season in the NFL.

Cardinals: Ryan Lindley

2 TDs – 11 INTs, 1-5 QB record

Being a sixth-round pick comes with lower expectations, but no one thought that Ryan Lindley could sink as low as he did. The Cardinals shuffled through four different starting QBs throughout the 2012 season, but Lindley was easily the worst, not throwing a single touchdown pass but throwing seven passes to the other team.

Buccaneers: Steve Young

13 TDs – 21 INTs, 3-16 QB record

Before Steve Young became a two-time MVP and Super Bowl champion in San Francisco, he had some truly dreadful quarterback play during his first two seasons with the Bucs. It didn’t help matters that the Bucs had the league’s worst defense, and their leading rusher and receiver both had around 700 yards.

Panthers: Chris Weinke

14 TDs – 26 INTs, 2-17 QB record

Chris Weinke was drafted by the Panthers in 2001 at age 28, the oldest an NFL player has ever been drafted. Along with other QBs, there’s a reason why NFL teams don’t use that strategy anymore. Weinke only had one full season of starting at quarterback, and threw 11 touchdowns to 19 interceptions, landing the former Heisman winner a spot on the bench indefinitely.

Seahawks: Rick Mirer

51 TDs – 56 INTs, 20-31 QB record

Rick Mirer is further proof that the No. 2 overall pick is cursed, as Mirer never had a completion percentage above 56.4 or a touchdown total higher than 13. After a disappointing rookie year, Mirer showed some promise in his sophomore season, recording the league’s lowest interception percentage. However, that version of Mirern stayed in 1994, with his two following seasons being downright atrocious, throwing for 18 touchdowns to 32 interceptions.

Rams: Nick Foles

7 TDs – 10 INTs, 4-7 QB record

Sandwiched between a Pro Bowl season in Philly and a Super Bowl MVP in Philly, Nick Foles had a one-year stint with the Rams that was nothing short of disastrous. Foles threw for under 200 yards per game while having a 1,000+ yard rusher in Todd Gurley, and an above-average defense. Maybe if Foles had Sean McVay as head coach, he wouldn’t be on this list.

49ers: Ken Dorsey

8 TDs – 11 INTs, 2-8 QB record

The 49ers have had some of the most historical success at the QB position, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t prone to some duds, one of which was Ken Dorsey. On paper, Dorsey was a major liability to the 49ers, but he helped the team gain a No. 1 overall pick, which they used to draft a much better quarterback, Alex Smith. Ken Dorsey was even worse in Cleveland, throwing zero touchdowns and seven interceptions in four games.

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