NFL: Ranking every team's quarterback room from 'Top-tier Depth' to 'Time To Panic'

Just how good are quarterbacks in the National Football League when you factor in both the starters and the men who are backing them up?

The famous saying in life is that you are only as strong as your weakest link, and the same can be said for quarterbacks in the NFL.

You have your starting franchise quarterback, the man that you can rely on and will hopefully bring you Super Bowl glory at some point in the future. But behind him are players that for the most part you hope that you never have to use unless you’re using them in relief to allow the starter to rest and avoid injury.

But as former Indianapolis Colts GM Bill Polian will attest to, you need to make sure that those players can play otherwise you are going to find yourself in big trouble, just as they did when they didn’t have a replacement ready and waiting for Peyton Manning, leading to a 2-14 record. 

And so it is only fair to judge a team by their quarterback room as a whole rather than just the man that is going to be getting the most minutes on the field.

Which is why we’ve gone through all 32 rosters in the NFL and ranked them into five categories based on how strong we think they are in terms of depth at quarterback: 

A good enough starter and if he needs to take a few weeks out, they shouldn’t suffer a dramatic drop-off in form

Pretty much excellent starters, and the backups are good, but you wouldn’t necessarily trust them for the whole season

Pretty good starters, the dropoff to the next man on the roster is slightly terrifying

A lot of questions need to be asked about the depth throughout the team

Nothing there to give you any faith heading into the season

Disclaimer: This is taking into account NFL teams as they are at time of writing, so for