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Admit it ... you want to know where all of the good quarterbacks have gone. Well, most of the real keepers have migrated to the AFC. But even there, seven of the 16 teams still remain unsettled at QB.

It should be pointed out that at least my unsettled list includes the Tennessee Titans, who don't seem aggressively concerned about their QB situation, but should be.

The talking heads claim that sophisticated blitz and coverage packages have contributed mightily to the struggles under center. Just when a young QB figures out how a defense is disguising its zone, he's ambushed by a pass rush that seems to have attacked from beneath the field turf.

Quarterback prospects have to put in hours of film study before they have a hail mary's chance of reading a coverage or pass-rush and then reacting with the proper audible.

I know what you're thinking: With the increasing obsession over hyper-detailed NFL video games, it seems unlikely that high-functioning quarterbacks would have so much difficulty learning the position. But remember that NFL quarterbacks have to see over charging 6-foot-5 defensive linemen; they don't get a birds-eye view after the snap.

Some claim that the rise of read-option offenses in college football have failed to help quarterbacks develop the necessary skills for the pro game. While the quick-footed among them can shred a college defense, exposing that passer to NFL-level speed off the edge is almost a different game. While the shifty QB is busy reading college linebackers to decide whether he should keep or pitch the ball, that decision making will do little to aid him at the next level.

Just how suspect are the suspects for the NFL passing season to come?

Well, let's begin in the NFC North, where a kid with just 35 passes heaved in his NFL career may already qualify as division's best QB. Right, that would be Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, who takes over for Brett Favre with one career touchdown pass in his holster.

But if Rodgers can handle the obvious succession pressure, he stands a dandy chance of being much better than Chicago's INT-happy Rex Grossman, a Windy City fire hydrant checking in with a 2007 QB rating of 66.4 (31st in the NFL).

The run-happy Minnesota Vikings are expected to challenge behind youngster Tarvaris Jackson, who registers with a gaudy rating of 70.8 (28th). Detroit's Jon Kitna is the NFC North returnee providing the greatest statistical resume — an 80.9 rating that qualified as 19th-best among NFL passers.

Unfortunately for Kitna, his numbers were threatened immediately after offensive coordinator Mike Martz left for San Francisco.