The road to NFL stardom isn’t always linear.
Some quarterbacks taken at the top of the draft find success right away, and hold onto the QB1 spot with the franchise that drafted them for most of their careers. Others wait their turn, learning all they can before ascending to their place atop the depth chart. And there are some rare cases where quarterbacks bounce around the league for years before finding the right place at the right time to make their mark; Sam Darnold is now the poster boy for that journey.
