NFL preseason quarterback winners and losers

Now that the NFL has all but one preseason game in the books and the starters won’t be playing much—if at all—it’s time to talk winners and losers at the quarterback position.
As always, there have been some quarterbacks who rose to the occasion and took a huge step forward, and there have been others who struggled badly and lost their way.
The following are the biggest quarterback winners and losers from the 2015 NFL preseason.

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© against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field in Detroit on Aug. 22, 2014. Stafford looked like the unstoppable gun-slinger that he can be when all the stars align perfectly for him. He took limited snaps in preseason Week 1 ,completing both of his passes for 57 yards, including a 35-yard touchdown to wide receiver Golden Tate.
Preseason weeks two and three saw Stafford complete 17 of 23 passes for a total of 251 yards and three total touchdowns. Completely erasing any doubts from last year, Stafford was in excellent form in his third preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, scoring two touchdowns and hitting up Tate again for this awesome 62-yard touchdown.
Along the course of Stafford’s three games he only endured just one sack and remained clean with no picks. This is the quarterback that the Lions want to see more of once the regular season kicks off, and hopefully deep into the postseason, as well.



© during the first quarter in a preseason NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium on Aug. 15, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minn.  Winston’s first NFL action this summer was rocky.
During his rookie NFL preseason, Winston looked a bit shaky and completed an average of only 48.9 percent of his passes in three games. He did manage two rushing touchdowns, which were quite noteworthy, considering that the Florida State product only posted seven total ground scores in his two college seasons.
However, the rookie has yet to pass for a score during his preseason action and he has thrown two picks along the way. Taking an early beating, Winston endured seven sacks—four of which came in Saturday’s action in a loss to the Cleveland Browns. To make matters worse, Winston is currently dealing with an ankle sprain that will hopefully heal up by Week 1.
Needless to say, Winston could stand a couple of week’s rest in order to regroup.


© half against the Green Bay Packers Aug. 29 in Green Bay, Wis. Bradford, coming off two ACL surgeries, has been a knockout in the best possible way. He made his debut in preseason Week 2, when he completed three of five passes for a total of 35 yards.
He also survived a questionable hard hit from linebacker Terrell Suggs, whom he accused of going for his surgically repaired knees. Thankfully, Bradford went unscathed.

Even more impressive was Bradford during Saturday’s victory over the Green Bay Packers. He recorded perfect numbers, completing all 10 of his passes for 121 yards while hitting up Darren Sproles, Trey Burton and Brent Celek for a total of three touchdowns.
Bradford will probably not play in the Eagles' fourth preseason game in order to be fresh for Week 1. The great news here is that Bradford is still in one piece. Fingers crossed for his regular season debut on Monday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons on September 14.