NFL: Which Rookie Quarterbacks Will Start Right Away?

Gustavo Destro by Senior Analyst Written on May 12, 2008
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+ Matt Cassell = No chance of playing.

John David Booty - MIN - Fifth round (137th overall selection): Can start if Tarvaris Jackson falters or is injured. Most pro-ready, since he played with the NFL's 33rd team, also known as USC.

Dennis Dixon - PIT - Fifth Round (156th overall selection): Will be a Kordell Stewart type of player, doing a lot, but in the end not really doing anything.

Josh Johnson - TB - Fifth Round (160th overall selection): Jon Gruden is really close to assembling a team made up only of QBs. Keep it up, Jon. Seriously now, Johnson will compete for the third spot in Tampa's 15-player QB depth chart.

Erik Ainge - NYJ - Fifth round (162nd overall selection): Will compete for backup spot. If only he could use his connections, call his uncle, Danny Ainge, and get him to lend Kevin Garnett to play receiver, the Jets might have something to call an offense.

Colt Brennan - WAS - Sixth Round (186th overall selection): A project for the future, he will compete for a backup spot. In a counter move, Jerry Jones signs all of last year's Georgia defense, making Brennan completely ineffective against the Cowboys D.

Andre' Woodson - NYG - Sixth Round (198th overall selection): Will compete with David Carr and Jared Lorenzen for third-string spot. He will also team up with former SEC grads Eli Manning And Lorenzen to heckle whatever player from the Big Ten in the Giants roster.

Matt Flynn - GB - Seventh Round (209th overall selection): With Rodgers and Brohm ahead of him, forget about it. He'll ride the bench all year long, although that will prompt Jon Gruden to trade two future first-round picks for him. Okay, I'm done with the Gruden jokes now. Promise.

Alex Brink - HOU - Seventh Round (223rd overall selection): Will not see much if any playing time. He'll be a third stringer at best. You know what, considering the Texans O-line, I wouldn't rule anything out.

This is it for my QB Draft overview. Soon I will write another article, this time covering the running backs.

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