The NFC East might be the league’s most quarterback-rich division heading into 2026, and that makes the pecking order fascinating. At the top, though, the answer is clear: Dak Prescott still sits alone in first place.
Prescott has built a résumé that separates him from the pack. He has thrown for at least 4,400 yards four different times in his NFL career, picked up All-Pro votes and MVP votes, and when he’s healthy, he looks like one of the most complete quarterbacks in football. In a division loaded with talent at the position, he remains the best pure passer by a comfortable margin, and that matters for Dallas.
His track record against Philadelphia only strengthens the case. Even with the Eagles holding the recent team bragging rights, Prescott has gone 10-5 against them in his career, with 26 touchdown passes and 9 interceptions in those games. For the Cowboys, he is the reason the Super Bowl conversation is even alive.
Jalen Hurts comes next, and the gap is not about talent so much as overall body of work. Since entering the league in 2020, Hurts has thrown 110 touchdown passes and added 63 rushing touchdowns.
He’s also the only quarterback in the division to lead his team to a Super Bowl win. His 2024 playoff run was outrageous: five touchdown passes, five rushing touchdowns, and Super Bowl MVP honors.
Hurts has not always been the most consistent week to week, and that showed again last season. Still, the combination of production, hardware, and dual-threat impact keeps him firmly in the No. 2 spot.
The next test comes in his first season without AJ Brown, who was traded to the Patriots. That move may be viewed by some as addition by subtraction, but it also puts more on Hurts’ plate as rookie Makai Lemon and Dontayvion Wicks settle into the offense.
Jayden Daniels lands third, and the ranking leans heavily on what he showed in 2024. That season is doing a lot of the work here, because the Commanders are coming off a rough 2025 in which their young quarterback missed most of the year and their defense somehow allowed more total yards than the Cowboys. When Daniels is right, he’s one of the league’s most electric dual-threat quarterbacks.
The problem is durability. Daniels now carries that label after a string of injuries, and all but the rib issue happened in 2025.
The elbow injury that cost him significant time last season did not affect his throwing arm, which at least offers some relief. He was the 2024 Rookie of the Year in an elite class and even drew MVP votes, but the question for Washington is simple: how many games can they count on?
Jaxson Dart rounds out the list at No. 4, though there’s at least an argument for him if you judge only by what happened in 2025. His style as a runner is still a little too reckless, but the Giants have to like what they saw.
Without Malik Nabers for almost the entire season, Dart completed 63.7 percent of his passes for 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He also ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.
That adds up to 24 total touchdowns in his first 14 NFL games, which is no small thing. The Giants may have finally found a franchise quarterback, but the concussion concerns are real after Dart was evaluated five separate times last season.
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