NFL: Quarterback index post week 6

The guys holding their teams back

29. Case Keenum

30. C.J. Beathard

31. Blake Bortles

32. Eli Manning

Case Keenum had a magical season with the Vikings last year and I always thought he deserved to be on a team, because I’ve seen him get it done filling for some guys, but the idea of him and Kirk Cousins being about on the same level was always ridiculous. Keenum can make things happen out of nowhere and he is not afraid of going out there in the biggest moments, but he is definitely limited and I would like to see Chad Kelly at some point, who looked incredible in the preseason.

I like Beathard a lot, to be honest. Obviously, this team has no shot of going anywhere without Jimmy G, but I think they have a more than capable back-up. Kyle Shanahan is an excellent play-caller and strategist, who will scheme receivers open, but Beathard is tough, more mobile than he looks like and has the arm strength to stretch the field. With the offensive coaching staff and this QB the offense shouldn’t be embarrassing.

While I understand that the Broncos needed to get somebody in the offseason after Cousins decided to go to Minnesota, I had to scratch my head a little about the Jaguars giving Bortles that big extension and not going after somebody like Teddy Bridgewater or Lamar Jackson in the draft. I know the Jags signal-caller lost his number one receiver before the season started and has been without Leonard Fournette for a while, but all he does is throw shallow crossers and go-routes. He has been abysmal outside of that Patriots matchup.

I know it feels a little exaggerated to put Eli Manning all the way at the bottom of this list, but right now I can’t make a case for how he is not the worst starting quarterback in the league right now. I understand the offensive line has had its fair share of struggles, but I feel like Eli is giving up on some plays and with the weapons he has around him, I can’t defend his play. There is no downfield passing game for Big Blue unless OBJ is throwing the ball and unlike Bortles the Giants QB can’t even take off running.