Which second-year QB showed the most promise entering 2026?

Robert Mays· Host0:00

Welcome to The Athletic Football Show. I'm Robert Mays. We're kicking off our lingering questions series for the 2026 off-season today. We did this last year. We did, I think, four shows last year. We're doing five this year. Just stuff that by the end of last year, we didn't have the time or bandwidth to really dig into. You know, teams that weren't gonna make the playoffs, teams that were at the bottom of the standings, teams that just kinda fall out of mind and as we get a little bit deeper into the season. They have a lot of important things that we wanna think about and dig into before we get into next year. And so we're gonna do five lingering questions shows this year, probably about 15 or so total questions. On this show, though, we get one question. How did the rookie quarterbacks play in 2025? 'Cause it's really four questions. So we're gonna dig into the guys that played at least 250 snaps last year. Jaxson Dart, Cam Ward, Tyler Shuck, Shedeur Sanders. That's what we're doing today. What do their rookie seasons look like? What does that mean for those quarterbacks moving forward? Me and Derek dug into all of that today, so let's get to it right now. [upbeat music] Kicking off our lingering questions series today on The Athletic Football Show, one of my favorite things that we do in the off-season. Obviously, when you get to the end of any regular season in the NFL, really the last month or so, you're kinda zeroing in on the playoff teams. You're zeroing in on the teams that are gonna matter all the way through January or February, and there are just some