NFL preseason quarterback winners and losers

© from the sidelines during a preseason NFL game against the Cleveland Browns on Aug. 13, 2015, in Cleveland. Poor RG3 has had a nightmare preseason that was more brutal than most horror movies. The bad news surrounding the quarterback worsens day-by-day. In his first preseason game, Griffin completed only four of eight passes for 36 yards and no touchdowns.
Then things turned ugly for Griffin when he took a massive hit and reportedly sustained a concussion against the Detroit Lions in the second preseason game. In that game, RG3 completed only two of his five passing attempts for eight yards. He was also poorly protected by his offensive line and got sacked three times.
Since then, there has been controversy as to whether Griffin was benched due to his alleged concussion, or because the team prefers then-backup Kirk Cousins, who has since been named the team’s starter for the season.
At this point, Griffin is drawing major criticism—even from his own teammates—and his future with Washington is unclear.



Bridgewater has been nothing short of a stud in four preseason games. The second-year quarterback has looked effortless, hitting on 29 of 35 passing attempts. Falling a little short in the scoring department, however, Bridgewater tallied only one passing touchdown.
But, there isn’t any reason to worry. Bridgewater has not thrown an interception and has only endured one sack. He’s made some spectacular passes as well, including this awesome 39-yard catch made by wideout Mike Wallace.
In Bridgewater’s fourth preseason game, he completed 7 of 7 passes, totaling 76 yards. It’s going to be an exciting year for Vikings fans with Bridgewater already looking so incredibly polished.


Tenn. Smith is perhaps the second-biggest quarterback loser of the preseason due to his ridiculous brawl with former teammate IK Enemkapali over $600 that resulted in a a broken jaw for the third-year quarterback.
Any chance that Smith had to prove he is a quality leader to his new coaching and management staff went out the window when tempers heated a few weeks ago in the Jets locker room. At the beginning of the preseason, the starting job was Smith’s to lose. However, he’ll have to fight for his life when he returns to gain ground on backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who is thus far doing an sufficient job as the Jets starter.
Fitzpatrick has also drawn praise and admiration from his teammates and has proven to be a solid leader, which is something Smith has never quite gotten grasp of during his tenure with the Jets.
Unfortunately, Fitzpatrick’s rise is Smith's demise.


Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor (5) gets past Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Sean Spence for a touchdown during a preseason game on Aug. 29, 2015, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Taylor passed for 122 yards on 12 of 13 passing to help the Bills win 43-19.  Taylor has gone from completing a career 19 of 35 passes and two interceptions as the backup quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens to the starting quarterback for the Bills. Wow. We all know that the Bills quarterback competition was one of the spotlighted events throughout the summer and it has finally come to an end.
Taylor was just named the Bills starter over veteran quarterback Matt Cassel and third-season quarterback E.J. Manuel, who has never lived up to his first-round draft pick status.
Taylor has always had the eye of head coach Rex Ryan since being signed to the team. And, we must admit, Taylor has looked quite impressive—especially in his last preseason game, when he completed 12 of 13 passes for 122 yards. While he has failed to complete a passing touchdown, he has also yet to be intercepted.
Additionally, Taylor brings a ground threat to Buffalo, having tallied 108 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown over the preseason. Is Taylor the new Cam Newton of Buffalo? That has yet to be determined, but he looks to be a refreshing change of scenery from the Bills quarterbacks of recent past.