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With most teams having played 8 games (including the 2-6 Cardinals) Authentic Budda Baker Jersey , we’re at about the halfway mark of the 2018 NFL season. That makes now a good time to check in on each of the rookie QB starters around the NFL—including our own Josh Rosen.We tracked each of these four rookie starting QBs—Rosen, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, and Josh Allen—during the preseason. (Plus Lamar Jackson, but he’s not starting in Baltimore so we won’t include him here.) At the time, Mayfield was at the top of the class, which made sense given he was the #1 pick.Now, half a season into their careers, how do these young signal callers stack up? Let’s take a look at their team record, counting stats, efficiency stats, and ratings to compare their progress. Is Mayfield still ahead of the pack? How does Rosen compare to the rest—who were all drafted ahead of him? Let’s find out.Team RecordUnsurprisingly, these teams have all been pretty bad. That tends to happen when A) a team is bad enough to be able to draft a QB early, and B) starts said QB the next season. But these teams have all been competitive at times:Mayfield and the Browns have gone to overtime three times, with one win (over the Ravens)—and he beat Darnold head-to-head in his first start.Darnold led a rout of Detroit in Week 1, put up 34 on the Broncos defense in Week 5, and outdueled Andrew Luck in Week 6.Josh Allen was remarkably efficient in that Week 3 road win over the Vikings—still the most shocking upset of the season.Rosen has had the Redbirds in every game except the Thursday night blowout loss to the Broncos, and he led the team from down two scores to beat the 49ers in Week 8.It’s hard to say who stands out the most here. Interestingly, Rosen has the best winning percentage of all four QBs—but it’s in the fewest games and both his wins have come over the lowly 49ers. Allen has the best win of the bunch, but it’s not like he carried the team on his shoulders that day (the Bills defense won that game). Mayfield has the Browns looking much improved, but they’ve fired their head coach amidst their 4-game losing streak. To me, Sam Darnold gets the edge here—he has the most team wins (remember that wins is a team stat, not a QB stat), and has led the team to 30+ points in each. (Although there were some defensive scores in there.) Like I said, these teams area all pretty bad, but Darnold has led his team to the best record of the four.Counting Stats* Allen also has 155 rushing yards and 3 TDs. The other QBs have negligible rushing stats.Since wins are really a team stat Authentic Chase Edmonds Jersey , let’s take a look at some of their individual stats. Allen has made some contributions with his legs, but he’s clearly well behind the other three as a passer (even though he probably has the most natural arm talent). Darnold has played the most (he’s the only one to start every game so far), so his leading yardage and TD totals aren’t surprising—but those 14 INTs stand out, especially off his 4-INT game against Miami last week. Mayfield is the only one with a positive TD:INT ratio, but he’s also taken the most sacks and fumbled the most. (Those numbers are close though.) Rosen’s numbers are鈥?pretty underwhelming overall.Hard to declare a winner here as well, but Baker Mayfield’s TD:INT ratio and strong yardage total are hard to argue against, even with his propensity for negative plays. (That INT total for Darnold leads the league by far, by the way.)Efficiency StatsCounting stats don’t tell the whole story though—that’s where efficiency stats come into play. And when you look at these stats, Baker Mayfield pretty clearly comes out on top again. He has the highest completion percentage, almost the highest YPA, and the best TD/INT percentages. Darnold and Rosen are very close here, with Darnold having the slightly higher YPA/TD% but Rosen with the higher completion % and lower INT%. Allen again lags here, with by far the lowest YPA and TD% and tied for the second-highest INT% (with Rosen). Allen doesn’t have a lot of help in Buffalo, but a YPA below 6.00 with an arm like his is alarming.RatingAnother category where Baker Mayfield is the clear winner—he has the highest rating in all three metrics, looking every bit the part of #1 overall pick. Holding second place in all three though is our very own Josh Rosen. He obviously hasn’t been great (these guys are all in the bottom 5 or so in these categories league-wide), but he’s made the most of an untenable situation with a fired OC, subpar offensive line, and nonexistent depth at WR/TE. Darnold has perhaps slightly less talent to work with at the skill positions but is a turnover machine, while Allen (who, yes, has almost nothing around him offensively) has just looked lost running an NFL offense.Final ThoughtsHere’s how I’d rank the four rookie QB starters thus far in 2018:Baker MayfieldJosh RosenSam DarnoldJosh AllenAfter 9 weeks, Baker Mayfield is still pretty clearly the best of the rookie QBs. He may not have started since Week 1 like Darnold or Allen, but he has a positive TD:INT ratio and grades out pretty well in efficiency stats and rating metrics. But of the rest, I think Josh Rosen has played the best—his numbers aren’t all that impressive (a lot of which can be blamed on Mike McCoy), but he’s been about as efficient as Darnold and has been rated slightly better. Plus he hasn’t thrown 14 interceptions. Allen is well behind all three—but even then, I’m sure Bills fans can’t wait for him to get healthy so they don’t have to watch Nathan Peterman anymore.So what do we think of these rookie QBs so far http://www.arizonacardinalsteamonline.com/phil-dawson-jersey , Bird Gang? How would you rank them? How would you assess Rosen’s performance thus far? Let us know in the comments!Three free agent linebackers the Arizona Cardinals could look to sign Perhaps the most disappointing part of Sunday’s home opener loss to the Washington Redskins was the inability of the Cardinals’ defense to stop the running game of Washington. Adrian Peterson, a former Cardinal, turned back the clock once again and had himself a day running over the Cardinals defensive line and, particularly, the linebackers. The linebacker position was of worry before the season began, but that was more because of depth concerns than starting player talent concerns. Deone Bucannon looked like an absolute liability on the field, unable to cover running backs coming out of the backfield and getting mauled in the running game. Meanwhile, nobody really knows what is going on with Haason Reddick, the first round pick of the team in 2017. It is presumed that he still doesn’t have a grasp on the new defensive scheme. Either way, something has to be done about this linebacker group. Coach Steve Wilks already announced that they will be bringing in linebackers and tight ends this week to try out, so I figured we would look at some potential names of guys that could come in and make an immediate impact. NaVorro BowmanThis is the name everyone wants to hear because of the monster he was when he played for the San Francisco 49ers. But there is also a reason he is still a free agent through week one of the regular season. Bowman looked out of gas during his stint with the Oakland Raiders, perhaps due to all of the injuries he has accrued over the years. Still, if Bowman can come in and be a downhill thumper in the run game, perhaps he is worth a look. He is presumably healthy at this point, and since things can’t get much worse than they looked Sunday, he may be worth a tryout. Karlos DansbyI know what you’re thinking — again?! Just hear me out. Yes, Dansby is definitely older and has undoubtedly lost a step between the time he was drafted and what would now be his fourth stint with the Cardinals. But the one thing that he would add that this defense desperately needs is leadership. Players all along the defense looked out of place and unaware of what their specific roles were on Sunday. Whether that is a lack of preseason action or guys trying to do too much is unknown, but it needs to get cleaned up. Dansby could act as an air traffic controller, shifting the defensive pieces around to get the most out of the talent they do have instead of hoping players can be in the right spot to make a tackle. Dansby doesn’t necessarily know this Wilks defense, but being the savvy veteran he is, it probably wouldn’t take him too long to figure it out. Brian CushingCushing was released from the Houston Texans this past offseason after 9 seasons with the team (and two PED suspensions). There is no doubt that he isn’t the same player he once was, but he could still be a good run-stuffing option. The Texans reportedly cut him more for salary cap reasons (he was going to hit their cap for $8.8 million if they kept him) than abilities, so maybe he can still provide something. ConclusionAny way you look at it, the outlook is a bit bleak. The options on the open market aren’t great, so it may just need to be that the players they have now just need to step up. But the fact that they are even looking for linebacker help when two of their three starting linebackers in their base defense are former first round picks is a problem all in it’s own...