The quarterback position is the hardest to fill in all of professional sports, so it’s no wonder every NFL team has had more than few bad ones. We’ve picked out the worst passer in every team’s history.

(Note: Only quarterbacks with at least 250 attempts in the Super Bowl era were considered)

NFC East

Cowboys: Chad Hutchinson (2002-2003)

Hutchinson finished his Cowboys career with a record of 2-7 and ended up losing the starting job to the immortal Quincy Carter.

Giants: Joe Pisarcik (1977-1979)

Pisarcik managed to throw 43 interceptions in only 650 attempts with the Giants. Philip Rivers attempted 661 passes last season. That’s a lot of interceptions for a season’s worth of throws.

He was also involved in one of the worst plays in NFL history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmEMW0L6kfg

Eagles: Bobby Hoying (1997-1998)

The Eagles rolled out some truly awful quarterbacks between the Cunningham and McNabb eras, and Hoying was the worst of those quarterbacks. The best thing to come from the Hoying era? This amazing highlight video.



Check out the woman at the 0:57 mark. She is seriously digging the Bobby Hoying Experience.



Redskins: Heath Shuler (1994-1995)

Washington used the third-overall pick on Shuler in 1994, and he repaid the team with 13 mediocre starts over two disappoint seasons. He quickly lost his job to fellow rookie Gus Frerotte.

NFC South

Buccaneers: Steve Spurrier (1976)

The Head Ball Coach was once the Awful Quarterback. He started 12 games for Tampa Bay and did not win a single one.

Falcons: Kim McQuilken (1974-1977)

McQuilken is easily the worst quarterback on this list. The dude’s passer rating is only two decimal points higher than Peyton Manning’s jersey number. He threw 28 interceptions in just 287 attempts with Atlanta and just might be the worst quarterback to ever play in the league.

He does have an impressive LinkedIn page, though.

Panthers: Jimmy Clausen (2010)

Clausen was awful, but look at the bright side, Panthers fans: His poor play in 2010 earned Carolina the No. 1 pick in 2011, which was used to take Cam Newton.

Saints: Danny Wuerffel (1997-1999)

For a team that hasn’t enjoyed a lot of success historically, the Saints have had a decent group of quarterbacks. Wuerffel is not one of them. He started only six games for New Orleans and threw 16 interceptions.

NFC North

Bears: Kordell Stewart (2003)

The Bears have had a lot of bad quarterbacks and very few of them have put up worse statistics than Stewart during his time in Chicago. Even Cade McNown put up better numbers. Cade. McNown.

Lions: Mike McMahon (2001-2003)

McMahon finished his Lions career with a completion percentage of 43.8. Stephen Curry shot 45.3% from 3 this season. Just throwing that out there.

Packers: Randy Wright (1984-1988)

Green Bay’s all-time winning percentage in games started by Wright: .218

Winning percentage in games started by anyone else: .582

Vikings: Christian Ponder (2011-2014)

The Vikings surprisingly do not have a lot of options here. Ponder finished his Vikings career seven games under .500, the worst mark of any of their qualifying players.

NFC West

Cardinals: Ryan Lindley (2012-2014)

Lindley threw just two touchdowns in six starts. He was intercepted 11 times and produced a passer rating of 50.3, the worst of any Cardinals quarterback in the last five decades.

49ers: Ken Dorsey (2004-2005)

Dorsey is one of only two Niners passers with at least 250 attempts to throw more interceptions than touchdowns. He won just two of his 10 starts for the team.

Rams: Nick Foles (2015)

Of the Rams quarterbacks who met our requirements, Nick Foles has the worst passer rating (69.0). And he complied that rating during a season in which the league average rating was around 88.4.

Seahawks: Stan Gelbaugh

Gelbaugh finished with a 1-8 record, a sub-50 completion percentage and a franchise-worst 5.2 yards-per-attempt.

AFC East

Bills: Gary Marangi (1974-1976)

Marangi finally got his opportunity to start in 1976 after two years of sitting on the bench. How did he respond? By completing 35.3% of his passes and losing all seven of his starts. He did not play another down in the NFL after that magical season.

Dolphins: A.J. Feeley (2004)

Miami quarterbacks who finished with a better passer rating than Feeley: Cleo Lemon, Joey Harrington and John Beck.

Jets: Browning Nagle (1991-1993)

Awesome name. Terrible quarterback. He finished his Jets career with a 3-10 record and threw 17 interceptions to only seven touchdowns. Nagle was taken just one pick after Brett Favre in the 1991 draft.

Patriots: Marc Wilson (1989-1990)

Statistically speaking, Doug Flutie was actually much worse than Wilson, but at least Flutie had a winning record with the Pats. Wilson went 1-9 in ten starts for New England.

AFC South

Colts: Curtis Painter (2009-2011)

As Peyton Manning’s backup, Painter did not get a lot of opportunities to play. He spelled Manning twice late in the 2009 season when the Colts opted to rest starters rather than going for an undefeated regular season. Painter compiled a passer rating of 9.8 (that’s not a typo) in those two games. In 2011, He started eight games and the Colts lost every one of them.

Texans: David Carr (2002-2006)

We had only six quarterbacks to choose from for the Texans, and Carr was the only one who threw more interceptions than touchdowns.

Jaguars: Blaine Gabbert (2011-2013)

Gabbert ranks dead last in every major passing category among Jaguars passers who attempted at least 250 passes. The 10th overall pick in the 2011 draft lasted only three seasons in Jacksonville.

Titans: Lynn Dickey (1971-1975)

Dickey threw an interception on 9.5% of attempts with the Oilers. Blake Bortles, who led the NFL in interceptions last season, threw a pick on only 3% of his attempts.

AFC North

Browns: Brady Quinn (2007-2009)

Johnny Manziel is also an acceptable pick here, but Quinn’s numbers are just hard to reconcile. He completed just 52% of his passes. That’s the lowest mark for any Browns passer since the team’s reincarnation in 1999.

Bengals: Akili Smith (1999-2002)

Running back Ladainian Tomlinson has more career touchdown passes than Akili Smith.

Ravens: Kyle Boller (2003-2007)

Fun fact that has nothing to do with Kyle Boller: Eric Zeier owns the best passer rating in franchise history. But is he elite?

Steelers: Mark Malone (1981-1987)

The Steelers are another team without a lot of options for this list. It came down to Malone and Bubby Brister, and Brister prevails on name alone. He also produced the better numbers.

AFC West

Broncos: Steve Ramsey (1971-1976)

Ramsey wasn’t much of a gun-slinger. He averaged only 120 passing yards a game and threw just 35 touchdowns in 53 games — yet still managed to throw 58 interception during his time in Denver.

Chiefs: Todd Blackledge (1983-1987)

Blackledge completed under 50% of his passes and threw more interceptions than touchdowns. Worst of all, Dan Marino was still on the board when Kansas City drafted him.

Chargers: Ryan Leaf (1998-2000)

Leaf compiled a 4-14 record in San Diego and threw 33 interceptions to 13 touchdowns. The only thing lower than his passer rating (48.8) was his completion percentage (48%).

Raiders: Andrew Walter (2006-2009)

You were expecting to see JaMarcus Russell here, weren’t you? The 2007 first-overall pick may have been the bigger disappointment, but he wasn’t nearly as bad as Walter. In nine starts, Walter threw only three touchdowns. Compare that to his 16 interceptions and 15 fumbles. That’s more than three interceptions/fumbles per game!