In fact, just 10 rookie quarterbacks have started in Week 1 over the last 10 years: Cam Newton and Andy Dalton in 2011, Sam Bradford in 2010, Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez in 2009, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan in 2008, Kyle Orton in 2005, Kyle Boller in 2003 and David Carr in 2002.
Sam Bradford (2010), the trio from 2009 (Matthew Staford, Mark Sanchez, Josh Freeman), and the class of 2008 (Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco) have all shown promise and certainly could not be classified as draft busts.