The NFC is quite deep at the quarterback position. Let's power rank the entire conference at QB as training camps continue. The start of the 2025 NFL Season is truly right around the corner, and as we get closer, teams will finalize their rosters and probably also get a good reading on their QB position.
Some teams like the Washington Commanders are set for years to come at the position, but other teams like the New Orleans Saints have no semblance of a franchise QB in place. It's quite the difference when you compare certain teams and their QB situations.
We power ranked the entire conference at the position right here.
NFL Power Rankings: NFC quarterback rankings for 2025
Unranked: JJ McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings; Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints
Both JJ McCarthy and Tyler Shough have not taken a snap in a regular season game, so there is no point in raking them. We'll give them the unranked label for now, but after a few weeks into 2025, it would be fair game to slot them somewhere in QB rankings.
McCarthy missed his rookie season with a knee injury but is entering what could be an all-time great situation for a young QB or a de-facto rookie.
14. Michael Penix Jr, Atlanta Falcons
Michael Penix Jr got a little bit of work for the Atlanta Falcons near the end of the 2024 NFL Season thanks to the shocking benching of Kirk Cousins. Penix is now 'the guy' entering 2025 and does have quite a bit of pressure to perform.
13. Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers
Coming in at no. 13 in our QB rankings is Bryce Young, who did seem to put some things together near the end of the 2024 NFL Season. If Young can build on that into 2025, the Panthers may have something cooking here, as the offensive line and running back rooms are quite good, and even the WR room has some potential.
12. Russell Wilson, New York Giants
Russell Wilson is on his third NFL team in as many seasons and is probably entering his final chance to start in the league if he can't put something half-way decent on film in 2025. The Giants are a hopeless franchise trusting a hopeless quarterback.
11. Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks
Sam Darnold going from the Minnesota Vikings to the Seattle Seahawks is not going to end all that well. He comes in at no. 11 in our power rankings and is probably going to regress a little bit in 2025. Seattle just does not have the offensive infrastructure that the Vikings had in 2024.
10. Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears
Caleb Williams played better than you think in 2024, but there was a lot to work on, and the Chicago Bears are still pretty unproven, so we'll slot Williams at 10th in the NFC QB hierarchy.
9. Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals
Most of us seem to be just waiting for Kyler Murray to finally breakout and put it all together, but it might not ever be in the picture for the QB, now already entering his seventh year in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals. If nothing else, the Cardinals have gotten some modest QB stability with Murray.
8. Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles
I am going to need Eagles fans to calm down and understand that what this team has going for them is a loaded roster with an average QB just along for the ride. Hurts is a below-average passer who is elevated by his teammates. Sure, he's calm and collected under pressure, which is great, but he is far from being a top QB in the NFL and is halfway down our list of QB quarterbacks.
7. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
Jordan Love has the skillset to be elite in the NFL, but a slight regression in 2024 has us wondering if Love is actually going to take that next step at some point. A good-not-great quarterback at the moment, Love is seventh in our QB rankings for the NFC.
6. Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers
Brock Purdy scored a huge extension from the San Francisco 49ers and is another good-not-great quarterbacks, but those types of QBs often get paid quite handsomely. Purdy is a winner and started in the Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL.
5. Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
Dak Prescott missed about half of the 2024 NFL Season for the Dallas Cowboys with a hamstring injury but tends to play quite well after a major injury or after a 'down' season, so the arrow is pointing up for Prescott in the 2025 NFL Season. He is a top-5 QB in the NFC.
4. Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baker Mayfield threw for 4,500 yards and 41 touchdown passes in 2024, so I do feel slightly obligated to rank him a bit higher in the NFC than I have before. Mayfield has established himself quite nicely on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but him replicating what he did in 2024 in the 2025 season does not feel likely.
3. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
Jared Goff is an excellent quarterback who could find himself quite high on some all-time QB passing categories when it's all said and done, but he does not have the pizzaz of being a dual-threat passer.
2. Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams
A future Hall of Famer, Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams finished the 2024 NFL Season winning nine of their final 12 games, and this roster is among the best in the NFC. Stafford is also still playing at a high level and is a battled-tested quarterback.
1. Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
Jayden Daniels is the best quarterback in the NFC, period. What he did in his rookie season may not ever again be done in the NFL. Daniels and Washington won 14 total games and could be on pace to make a Super Bowl run in 2025. There also aren't many flaws in Daniels' game, either.
He is first in our power rankings.