There has never been a worse time to be a quarterback selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.
Stable coaching situations are crucial for a young quarterback's development at the pro level, but none of the last four quarterbacks selected with a No. 1 overall pick have had that luxury.
Most recently, the Tennessee Titans announced they fired head coach Brian Callahan on Monday, Oct. 13, six weeks into the rookie season of No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward. With that news, Callahan becomes the fourth consecutive head coach to lose his job during the rookie year of a quarterback drafted with the No. 1 overall pick.
This is not a completely new trend, though it is one that started recently.
In the last 10 NFL seasons – since 2016 – only two quarterbacks have been selected with the No. 1 overall pick and finished out their rookie season with the same head coach that began the season.
