NFL teams often misfire on drafting QBs. But how often do they fail? And why?

Teams are using premium draft picks on quarterbacks at an increasingly high rate. This draft is slated to be the eighth in the past nine years with at least three QBs taken in the first round, which matches the number of times that happened in the first 38 years of the common draft era. The over-under for total QBs taken in the first round is set at 4 1/2 by BetMGM Sportsbook with Michael Penix and Bo Nix also under consideration for other QB-needy teams outside the top 10 like Denver and Las Vegas. “I think it would be hard to point to the results and say we've made progress, as sad as that is,” NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah said.