With the 2026 NFL Draft season around the corner, one of the positions we can pencil in the known top players for almost immediately is quarterback. Here are the six top quarterback prospects that could be drafted and their best team fits.

Four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl XLV MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers guided the Pittsburgh Steelers back to the playoffs at the age of 42 after his 26-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Austin held up as the game winner in Game No. 272 against the Baltimore Ravens thanks to a missed 44-yard Ravens field goal at the buzzer.

Maye and Stafford finished 1-2, but what about the rest? Who was the biggest riser of the season? The biggest faller?

Over half the NFL is now turning its attention toward the offseason and the draft. Nate Tice and Charles McDonald provide some answers to their needs.

NFL playoff QB power rankings: The best and worst starters in 2026, from Matthew Stafford to Bryce Young originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Ranking quarterbacks ahead of the 2025-26 NFL playoffs is tricky.

Since selecting Young with the first overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Panthers have gone a combined 15-36. Eight of those 15 wins came this season—and, despite the noise, were good enough to clinch the franchise their first playoff appearance since 2017 and their first NFC South title since 2015.

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason has some questions about the Dolphins’ decision to turn to Troy Aikman for help with their general manager search. Aikman will act as an advisor for Miami throughout the process alongside Hall of Famer Dan Marino, who serves as the team’s special advisor to owner Stephen Ross.

Picks 1 through 18 are set in the NFL Draft ... for now.  Something tells me this is going to be an eventful draft season of trades for a number of reasons. That's because it's not a particularly strong crop of first-round talent.

One of college football's top transfer portal QBs is reportedly set to earn more money in an NIL deal than some 2025 rookies will earn on average.

The Atlanta Falcons fired general manager Terry Fontenot after Sunday’s regular-season finale win against the New Orleans Saints. A former player Fontenot cut seemed pleased about the move after an alleged interaction with him.

An NFL insider has linked recently fired head coach John Harbaugh to an NFC team with a promising young quarterback.