2022 Starting Quarterback Predictions

Written by The Sportsballers
Published February 16, 2022

With Super Bowl LVI in the rear view and the Los Angeles Rams the new NFL champions, it’s time to look ahead to the 2022 season. Who who will be under center for the first snaps of the regular season? Our hosts, for the second year in a row, attempt to make those predictions.

Now, it’s easy to find experts who make predictions like this, so we throwing in a little wrinkle by assigning confidence points to each QB-team pairing, 1 to 32 (more points means more confidence).

A perfect score is 528. Last year, Eric had the best performance as he correctly matched 23 starting QBs with their Week 1 teams and scored 464 points. Cory finished second, matching 22 quarterbacks and scoring 460 points. Evan had a rough performance with 20 correct predictions and jut 439 points.

Final Results

Cory Puffett - 441 points (22 out 32 correct)

Biggest misses: 19 points on Baker Mayfield for CLE, 15 points on Zach Wilson for NYJ, 13 points on Carson Wentz for IND

Best Prediction: 24 points on Jameis Winston for NO (Eric and Evan each put 6 points on Winston)

Eric Meyer - 426 points (21 out of 32 correct)

Biggest misses: 22 points on Baker Mayfield for CLE, 21 points on Matt Ryan for ATL, 19 points on Zach Wilson for NYJ

Best Prediction: 23 points on Daniel Jones for NYG (Evan and Cory put 18 and 9 points on Jones, respectively)

Evan Ash - 422 points (20 out of 32 correct)

Biggest miss: 24 points on Zach Wilson for NYJ, 22 points on Baker Mayfield for CLE, 19 points on Carson Wentz for IND

Best Prediction: 25 points on Mac Jones for NE (Eric and Cory put 20 and 18 points on Jones, respectively)

The only team we didn’t all get correct or all get incorrect was the Packers, where Evan put 9 on Aaron Rodgers, Cory put 7 on Aaron Rodgers, and Eric but 7 on Jordan Love.

Teams we all got wrong:

• Jets: Flacco started due to Wilson injury

• Browns: Brissett started due to Watson suspension, Mayfield trade

• Steelers: Trubisky started; Eric had Pickett, Evan had Willis, Cory had Tyrod

• Colts: Ryan started; Eric had Fitzpatrick, Evan & Cory had Wentz

• Broncos: Wilson started; Eric had Rodgers, Evan had Pickett, Cory had Mariota

• Commanders: Wentz started; Eric & Cory had Jimmy G, Evan had Heinicke. Team. Seven.

• Bucs: Brady started after un-retiring; Eric had Bridgewater, Evan had Ridder, Cory had Wilson

• Falcons: Mariota started following Ryan trade

• Panthers: Mayfield started; Eric & Cory had Darnold, Evan had Corral

• Seahawks: Smith started; Eric & Evan had Wilson, Cory had Bridgewater