Jul 16, 2026 · 25 min · 13 segments
Matt Simms goes solo to break down ESPN's annual top-10 QB rankings, voted on by execs, coaches, and scouts, with Josh Allen edging Patrick Mahomes for the No. 1 spot and reigning MVP Matthew Stafford…
Matt SimmsHost
recently just kind of been observing right and you know hearing all the chatter right about all of the football fans out there and right this recent survey right that was taken through the nfl right through scouts through general managers that are ranking essentially nfl quarterbacks right from one to ten and of course this started some great debates some great conversations and i thought just wanted to weigh in a little bit on that on that discussion because one is the most important position of all sports it's the most highly criticized position of all of sports.
There's going to be some people that disagree with the list that's put together by these gentlemen manners, but it also is a sign.
I think too, for just fans in general to understand and appreciate the the people who are spending every single day, right, in these football facilities, talking with players, talking with scouts, managers.
You just, you can't help but notice some of these themes, right, from just the rankings that we do on our own with Sims Complete with others.
and how they differ right from how executives right how scouts see them uh and clearly too like it's all about just like can you be a force multiplier within that list right and i think that's the biggest thing too is like when we look at this list from one to ten you just see a lot of guys that no matter what in this situation whether you label them as system guys or whether you lay them whatever like They're guys that just seem to make consistently big-time plays, big-time explosive plays, throw extremely well from the pocket with people around them.
And for the majority of the guys on the list, too, there's also a common trait of the ability to extend outside the pocket, even for some of the guys that may be a little bit longer in the tooth that are on this list.
they still have tremendous qualities to them that allow them to get outside the pocket, make great throws on the run, extend plays, play out of structure.
And that really is, I think one of the biggest differences, you know, that we constantly see now as this game is evolving, right? The demands of the position are just getting raised higher and higher.
Now you have to be just like fundamentally sound in some sort of That really does separate you from others in this league.
And, you know, someone who trains and coaches a ton of young athletes who talks to parents and coaches from across the tri-state area here in the New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, you know, area.
The quarterback position is at an all-time high as far as the competition level for it, the amount of people that are signing up for it, the symbolism of being that position and what it means, the title of it is very attractive to people.
What it also does for the individual that is participating in it, the young individual in these cases that we're talking about, that the the development that is required right of that person to really bloom into the position and uh you know that of course you know involves daddy ball and all those kind of debates as well too right with just you know is this kid deserving of the position or does he have a position because the dad coaches on the team and those kind of things but you know it really is amazing just how this position uh garners so much respect how it really Just obviously gets a lot of conversations going on and off the field at any level, no matter what level you're playing at the NFL, of course.
And it just shows you just like how crazy we are as sports fans in this modern NFL world with how we look at this position, how we evaluate the position.
So let's go into some of the rankings, right? And this was the top 10 NFL quarterbacks as ranked by coaches, executives, and scouts.
recently just kind of been observing right and you know hearing all the chatter right about all of the football fans out there and right this recent survey right that was taken through the nfl right through scouts through general managers that are ranking essentially nfl quarterbacks right from one to ten and of course this started some great debates some great conversations and i thought just wanted to weigh in a little bit on that on that discussion because one is the most important position of all sports it's the most highly criticized position of all of sports.
There's going to be some people that disagree with the list that's put together by these gentlemen manners, but it also is a sign.
I think too, for just fans in general to understand and appreciate the the people who are spending every single day, right, in these football facilities, talking with players, talking with scouts, managers.
You just, you can't help but notice some of these themes, right, from just the rankings that we do on our own with Sims Complete with others.
and how they differ right from how executives right how scouts see them uh and clearly too like it's all about just like can you be a force multiplier within that list right and i think that's the biggest thing too is like when we look at this list from one to ten you just see a lot of guys that no matter what in this situation whether you label them as system guys or whether you lay them whatever like They're guys that just seem to make consistently big-time plays, big-time explosive plays, throw extremely well from the pocket with people around them.
And for the majority of the guys on the list, too, there's also a common trait of the ability to extend outside the pocket, even for some of the guys that may be a little bit longer in the tooth that are on this list.
they still have tremendous qualities to them that allow them to get outside the pocket, make great throws on the run, extend plays, play out of structure.
And that really is, I think one of the biggest differences, you know, that we constantly see now as this game is evolving, right? The demands of the position are just getting raised higher and higher.
Now you have to be just like fundamentally sound in some sort of That really does separate you from others in this league.
And, you know, someone who trains and coaches a ton of young athletes who talks to parents and coaches from across the tri-state area here in the New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, you know, area.
The quarterback position is at an all-time high as far as the competition level for it, the amount of people that are signing up for it, the symbolism of being that position and what it means, the title of it is very attractive to people.
What it also does for the individual that is participating in it, the young individual in these cases that we're talking about, that the the development that is required right of that person to really bloom into the position and uh you know that of course you know involves daddy ball and all those kind of debates as well too right with just you know is this kid deserving of the position or does he have a position because the dad coaches on the team and those kind of things but you know it really is amazing just how this position uh garners so much respect how it really Just obviously gets a lot of conversations going on and off the field at any level, no matter what level you're playing at the NFL, of course.
And it just shows you just like how crazy we are as sports fans in this modern NFL world with how we look at this position, how we evaluate the position.
So let's go into some of the rankings, right? And this was the top 10 NFL quarterbacks as ranked by coaches, executives, and scouts.
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