Andrew Siciliano Breaks Down the NFL’s Biggest Pre-Camp QB Questions

With minicamps over and NFL buildings going dark until late July, Andrew Siciliano went through his list and counted six teams that genuinely don't know who's starting at quarterback in week one.

The two real competitions, he said, are the Browns and the Vikings. From there it gets murkier. In Arizona, with Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew on hand, Siciliano thinks the Cardinals are in the hunt for the number one overall pick and should let Carson Beck win the job. In Atlanta, Tua Tagovailoa is likely the guy, but there's a legitimate question of whether Michael Penix will be healthy enough for the Falcons to make it a true competition rather than bringing him along slowly. The last two are injury-driven: Patrick Mahomes says he'll be ready week one, though Siciliano is curious how much he's limping at an upcoming wedding, and in Indianapolis, the question is whether Daniel Jones is truly ready to play the mobile style the Colts need right away.

Siciliano granted a possible seventh in the Raiders. Las Vegas is adamant the job belongs to Kirk Cousins, with the plan to bring Fernando Mendoza along slowly, the way Tom Brady once learned behind Drew Bledsoe, and Brady has a hand in this. But Siciliano noted we've all seen this movie: a hot-shot rookie lights it up in the preseason, the screaming heads demand he play, fans listen, and the coach eventually caves. He doesn't think it happens here, partly because people around the league say Clint Kubiak isn't the type to go back on his word to Cousins, but it wouldn't stun him.

Chris Brockman largely agreed, figuring Kyler Murray and Tua are locks to start while Arizona and Cleveland are true competitions, and reading the Raiders as a Drake Maye-style situation where a brutal early schedule argues for letting the veteran take the hits. The segment's running gag was Brockman noting that Mahomes still hasn't RSVP'd to his wedding, which briefly confused Rich into thinking Brockman wanted Mahomes to marry him.