**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
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For the first time in three years, NFL executives and scouts have crowded new QB1 in the ESPN annual rankings. Josh Allen, one. Mahone Boy, two. Stafford, three. Burrell, four. Eljak, five. Dak Prescott, six. Justin Herbert, seven. Drake May, eight. Jerry Goff, nine. Caleb Williams cracks the top 10
People ask you, man, where is Jalen Hurts? Jalen Hurts, if I'm not mistaken, he was ranked the 17th best quarterback coming into the 26th season.
**Chad Johnson** (0:53)
Hey.
**Shannon Sharpe** (0:54)
Ochoc, got any problems?
**Chad Johnson** (0:56)
Uh... Hey, Young, this is tough. Can I ask you a question?
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:07)
Yes.
**Chad Johnson** (1:08)
Why ain't Josh Allen in front of my homes?
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:12)
I guess to be said, the last couple of years he's been more consistent, and my home's coming off an injury. So they're factoring that in.
**Chad Johnson** (1:22)
I like Stafford in front of Borough. I like it. Lamar Jackson, Gags.
I like it. I mean, there's really no way I can argue. I can't really argue with anything outside of one and two. Stafford obviously belongs at three, even though he's older. Borough has a lot to prove, so where he at is respectable. We'd like a little bit more playoff success from him, and being healthy and staying healthy this year. He can move up. Lamar Jackson, again, he has to prove himself in the postseason. I mean, they've been able to get there. Injuries kind of took a toll on them last year, so collective as a team, they didn't do well.
And outside of that, the numbers, everyone after Lamar Jackson is about right where they should be.
**Joe Johnson** (2:19)
Yeah.
**Chad Johnson** (2:22)
Yeah.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:22)
What do you think, Joe?
**Joe Johnson** (2:25)
Yeah, I don't really... I don't see no way where you can gripe and groan as far as who should be moved.
I see they got my boy Dak at six. All right, we can live with that. You know what I mean? Yeah.
Yeah, I don't see no wrong with the list. No, you got a guy... Do y'all have a guy that y'all think should be in the top 10 that's not in the top 10?
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:53)
Not me. Not... Look, I know Jordan Love has been...
And Jordan Love have these peaks. He have these peaks where he'll go five, six weeks, and he'll throw two, three touchdowns and no picks, and then he'll have weeks where he like, damn, bro, what's wrong with him?
**Chad Johnson** (3:07)
Up and down, a little inconsistency.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:10)
But this guy, they got it 10? I can imagine what he gonna be like in this second year in that offense.
**Joe Johnson** (3:19)
He gonna be a lot better.
**Chad Johnson** (3:21)
Caleb Wood, Caleb Wood.
**Joe Johnson** (3:23)
Yeah.
**Chad Johnson** (3:23)
Absolutely. I wonder how many people would take Justin Herbert out and put Jordan Love.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:34)
I mean, I don't think the execs will, because they love that size, they love that arm, and he's more mobile than you think.
**Chad Johnson** (3:46)
I'm curious what the Chad think. Chad, would y'all take Justin Herbert out and put Joe in love, or no? Or you like the...
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:56)
Drake may acquit himself very well in the second year. I think he'll be even better in his third year under Josh McDaniel system.
**Joe Johnson** (4:03)
Yeah.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:05)
Lamar, the thing is, Lamar is in the new system.
And the thing is, if you go back and look at Lamar, Lamar won the MVP in Todd Monk system, and he finished second in Todd Monk system. Ochocinco and I, we talked about it. We had it, we thought he had won it a second time. Josh Allen nipped him at the wire.
Mahomes is Mahomes. Matthew Stafford seems to be getting better with age. Joe Burrow, Joe Burrow, he stays healthy. That put up some phenomenal numbers. Now he just has to do it in meaningful big games. Yeah.
**Chad Johnson** (4:47)
Hey, I got another one.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:48)
Just, I mean, Drake May took a team to the Super Bowl. Jerry Goff has always been to the Super Bowl. Caleb, I expect Caleb Williams. Caleb Williams is going to be here.
**Chad Johnson** (4:55)
I have a question. We have a quarterback that started out in New York, didn't play well, went to Carolina, didn't do much, but he goes to Seattle, and not only does he go to Seattle, he went to Minnesota, played extremely well in Minnesota.
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