Thought experiment: 2021 QB shuffle.

----A THREAD----

Next year's draft class is rich with QB talent and there are a lot of veteran QBs that could be on the move.

Read on for some football fantasies...
Trevor Lawrence drafted at the 1.01 spot to NYJ. No surprise here.

Gase is fired and replaced by Eric Bieniemy or Joe Brady.

Jets draft Jaylen Waddle/Rashod Bateman with one of their other 1st round picks or sign Chris Godwin to pair with Denzel Mims & Jamison Crowder.
Sam Darnold traded to DEN.
With Lock's poor play, this rumor was reported by @AllbrightNFL

Starting QBs younger than Sam: Kyler, Hurts, Tua, Herbert.

His development has been stunted by the NYJ org. The former 1.02 pick has flashed raw talent and might flourish in a new scene.
Justin Fields is drafted at the 1.02 spot by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Gardner Minshew is traded to CIN with Joe Burrow on PUP to begin the year.
Trey Lance is drafted by the Carolina Panthers.

Teddy Bridgewater stays on the team and will start in 2021, eventually handing over the reigns to Lance. CAR has an out in Bridgewater's contract after the 2021 season. He's been solid but they know he's not the long term answer.
Mac Jones is drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 1st round.

The Redskins will obviously be in the market for a QB next year and Mac seems like a great fit. WAS is an ascending team. I can see them pursuing JuJu in FA next year to pair with Terry if PIT does not resign him
Kyle Trask is drafted by the Detroit Lions.

Matt Stafford is traded to Tampa Bay Bucs (Tom Brady retires)

Reports seem to suggest Stafford might like a new scene and it makes sense for the Lions to move on to a rebuild. There is a potential out in his contract after 2020.
Zach Wilson is drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1st round.

Matt Ryan is traded to the San Francisco 49ers. Matty Ice already knows Shanahan's system and is a good fit for this win now team.
Jimmy Garoppolo is traded back to the Patriots.

Brady likely had more of a hand in trading Jimmy G away than Belichick.

Cam Newton re-signs with NE or goes to BUF to backup Josh Allen.
Aaron Rodgers is traded to the Las Vegas Raiders and Jordan Love starts for the Green Bay Packers.

You have to think GB drafted Love in the 1st round to start him at some point.

LV needs to upgrade QB in order to compete in a division with Mahomes & Herbert.
Carson Wentz is traded to IND and Rivers retires.

If Wentz is traded before 3/1, PHI takes on 33.8M in 2021 dead money and that's it, he's off their books and they have 81M in 2022 cap.

Colts have 3rd most cap space next year and can easily take a 1 year 25.4M flier on him.
BONUS 5% odds: Andrew Luck, two years removed from injury, misses football and comes back to play for IND.

Rumors have been swirling, the other day Von Miller predicted that Luck comes back. These players talk. Maybe Rivers was just the 1 year bridge QB the Colts needed.
Taysom Hill starts in New Orleans and Drew Brees retires.

Hill might not be a great QB but he's shown he's capable of winning games. It makes sense for the Saints take advantage of his existing contract for a year but he's not the long term answer.
Jameis Winston signs with CHI on a cheap contract to battle it out with Foles for the starting gig.

This seems dumb but I'm out of ideas for the Bears. They need a QB but don't have much cap space. Maybe they draft one but there is a good chance they go for an OT in round 1.
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