The NFC North saw all four teams finish with a winning record during the 2025 NFL Season, and it sorted out with the Chicago Bears shockingly winning it with a 11-6 record. All of Green Bay, Minnesota, and Detroit finished with nine wins.
In one of the most competitive divisions in football, even the slightest bounce in another direction could have changed things. With Minnesota seemingly improving this offseason at the most important position in sports, the division could be even more competitive.
And given how stable all four franchises usually are or became in 2025, there is a chance that all four teams could again finish with a winning record. Let's power-rank the NFC North's starting quarterbacks for the coming season.
Ranking the loaded NFC North's starting quarterbacks for the 2026 season
4. Kyler Murray, Minnesota Vikings
I refuse to believe that Kyler Murray signed with the Vikings to be in a 'legitimate' quarterback competition, and it feels like Murray would not have signed with the team if he was not told prior to the move that he was going to start.
Murray has always at least been an average quarterback. He's a two-time Pro Bowler, a modest passer, and an excellent runner. Given that the Vikings present the best supporting cast situation that Murray has had in his NFL career, there is reason to believe that he'll play the best football of his career.
But he's played just one full season across the last three, and has actually only played three full seasons in seven years, so there is some injury concern with Murray. He'll give you just about double the amount of touchdown passes as interceptions, so he's no the most efficient quarterback in the world, but he'll be plenty good enough for Kevin O'Connell's offense.
We could see Murray's legs on full display with some bootleg action with getting him into space and away from the offensive line. An obvious player to benefit from this potential quarterback switch is Justin Jefferson, their stud wide receiver who just barely eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in the 2025 season.
Murray could ascend a spot or two up these quarterback rankings, especially if O'Connell can see Murray improve how his former quarterback, Sam Darnold, improved when he came to the Vikings back in the 2024 NFL Season.
With some room to grow, Murray will come in, for now, at No. 4 in our NFC North quarterback rankings.
3. Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears
Caleb Williams has done a lot of good things for the Bears thus far. The Bears won the division in 2025 and honestly came out of nowhere in Ben Johnson's first year on the job. Given how much this team improved from 2024 into 2025, an even bigger improvement could be on the table in 2026. With Williams, though, the sample size is obviously still on the smaller side, but he did improve in key metrics like sacks, yards, and passing touchdowns.
Oddly, the completion percentage dipped from 62.5 percent to 58.1 percent. That simply has to get over 60 percent if the Bears want to take another step forward on offense, but Williams not only doesn't throw a ton of interceptions, but his 2025 improvements could also bring along the completion percentage into a better spot in 2026.
Williams could end up shooting up to the top of these power rankings during the 2026 season.
2. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
Jordan Love has been the Packers' starting quarterback for three years now, winning exactly nine games in all three years. Green Bay has also been a Wild Card team in each of the last three years, getting bounced out in the Wild Card Round the last two years.
Love has all the talent in the world, but he's also missed four regular season games the past two seasons. He gets the nod over Williams because he has a larger sample size of being a more efficient passer, but if Love continues to miss games here and there, and the Packers can't begin competing for the division crown, Love's doubters are going to continue to grow.
This is a huge year for Love and the Packers.
1. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
I struggle to see why Jared Goff isn't the best quarterback in the NFC North. He's finished with a winning record four years in a row with the Lions, and has no fewer than 29 touchdown passes in those years. He's continually among the most prolific passers in the NFL and just does not seem to be slowing down.
In the 2023 and 2024 seasons, the Lions won a combined 27 regular season games, also winning the division both years. Goff is the most decorated and most efficient quarterback in the division. Sure, he doesn't necessarily have the off-schedule ability that the other three in the division do, but that isn't really the first job of a starting quarterback in this league.
Goff is No. 1 in our power rankings.