Multiple NFL GMs ‘Skeptical’ of Incoming 2025 QB Draft Class

There are several NFL teams bereft at the quarterback position heading into the offseason. The first three teams to make a selection in the 2025 NFL Draft are a part of that support group in the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants.

But what is there to make of this pool of quarterback prospects following a year where six were taken in the first round, all of which who are currently atop their respective team’s depth charts?

According to The Athletic, general managers around the NFL don’t think that this group — including Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Miami’s Cam Ward, Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart, and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe — offers anywhere near the same long-term potential to franchises.

With the free agency market also having slim pickings in March, in addition to the the Titans, Browns, and Giants, the Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints and even possibly the Indianapolis Colts are left in a difficult situation in evaluating the risk on these players.

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Front offices across the league all seem to agree that they would not rank any of this year’s quarterback prospects over any of the six first-round arms from 2024.

“I would guess 90% of the people here (at the Senior Bowl) would feel that way,” an executive said to The Athletic.

Inevitably, one of the aforementioned teams will be forced to entrust one of these players with franchise quarterback expectations given their circumstance.

With Texas’ Arch Manning preparing for the 2026 NFL Draft, some teams may want to hold off with a short-term solution under center, but the consensus is that taking a quarterback with a top-five pick this year may not be worth the dice roll.

“If the Giants select (the wrong QB), it could set the franchise back years,” one of those executives said.

There are also generational talents at other positions up for the taking such as cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter or Penn State linebacker Abdul Carter, too. Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker said he would not want to pass on that kind of pedigree with the No. 1 selection.

Sanders’ projection in the NFL is still unclear while he and Ward remain a toss-up for who is the definitive better prospect in the first place.

Milroe is a talented but raw prospect who needs time to develop his accuracy. With the right situation and patience, he does harness the potential to become a starting quarterback, however.

Dart’s strong showing in Mobile this last week may have pushed him into first-round consideration despite not being a guaranteed starter. His situation mirrors Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix, who also rose up draft boards and justified their teams’ bold picks.

There are a lot of variables at play into developing a quarterback successfully, but as it stands, general managers aren’t perceiving this group as surefire answers to their voids under center.

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