Bears have fewest QBs heading into draft

April 25, 2008 8:55 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando

With Brett Favre on the reserve/retired list in Green Bay and Casey Bramlet on the Chargers' roster, NFL teams are carrying 107 quarterbacks into the draft. The Bears, with Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton, are the only team with fewer than three.

Tampa Bay leads the league with five. Every AFC West team has four. Every AFC South team except Indianapolis has four. The 49ers, Giants and Bengals also have four. The remaining teams, including the Colts, have three apiece.

Teams have less flexibility this offseason because the disappearance of NFL Europe has hardened the 80-man roster limit. No more exemptions will mean fewer quarterbacks in camp. About a quarter of the league went into camp last year with five or six quarterbacks. That is a luxury teams might not be able to afford.

NFL draft, Brett Favre, Casey Bramlet, Bucs, 49ers, Giants, Colts, Bengals

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