The NFC North is home to some of the most historic teams in NFL history.

Whether this is the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears, the division features two teams who dominated the pre-Super Bowl era of the NFL.

The Green Bay Packers are the last team to win three straight Championships, winning the last one before the merger and the subsequent first two Super Bowls, an event that has a trophy named after their former head coach in Vince Lombardi.

Whilst the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions have yet to win a Super Bowl, the former going 0-4 in their previous appearances, they have treated the NFL to some of the best players the league has ever seen.

Whether this is Barry Sanders or Randy Moss in years gone by, or Justin Jefferson and Amon-Ra St. Brown in today’s landscape, NFL fans have seen some great plays in the purple of Minnesota or the blue of Detroit.

And who can forget the stadiums, whether this is the Thanksgiving game tradition at Detroit’s Ford Field, the modern-day marvel of Minnesota’s US Bank Stadium or two stadiums steeped in history in Green Bay’s Lambeau Field and Chicago’s Soldier Field.

The NFC North is also treated to some of the most intriguing quarterbacks going into the 2025 season. Here is a ranking of all four division quarterbacks, from first to fourth.

If the Lions win the Super Bowl this season, the story of Jared Goff in Detroit should be made into a film.

There are not many current quarterbacks in the NFL who have been served a cocktail of ups and downs more than Goff since being drafted first overall by the newly renamed Los Angeles Rams in 2016.

Not only did Goff’s rookie season include the firing of head coach Jeff Fischer, but this was also documented for everyone to see on Amazon Prime’s All or Nothing series.

Whilst Goff’s relationship with Sean McVay started off well, which included a trip to Super Bowl LIII, their relationship quickly deteriorated following their underwhelming 13-3 loss to the New England Patriots in Atlanta.

The Goff and Matthew Stafford trade saw Goff replaced in Los Angeles and moved to Detroit. Whilst his first season saw just three wins, the mood has quickly shifted in Detroit as Goff and head coach Dan Campbell have completely turned the franchise around.

Goff guided the Lions to a 15-2 record in 2024, before an agonising Divisional Round defeat to the Washington Commanders thwarted plans of a NFC Championship appearance at home and a first Super Bowl appearance. His appearance on Netflix’s Quarterback series has showcased his leadership skills, and his connection with weapons such as St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta is evidently brilliant.

With three of the four best touchdown totals of his career and three of his top five yardage totals being with the Lions, Detroit feels like home for Goff.

Whilst Goff’s postseason record is far from perfect, he has proved to be a quarterback that is beyond what was once thought of him in 2020.

Whilst Jordan Love saw some regression in 2024 as opposed to his impressive first year as a starter in 2023, he has still shown enough in his short NFL career to warrant being second in this list.

Injuries were a big hinderance to Love’s season, being taken off the field late into their Week One defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles in Brazil, and Love failed to find a true rhythm when he came back to the field, struggling immensely in their playoff loss against the same opponent.

Love has all the talent to reach the level that his two predecessors got to, but needs to work on his consistency. However, he did not throw a pick from November 17th until the aforementioned loss to the Eagles on January 12th, showing a level of carefulness with the ball that a quarterback can only dream of.

It was an underwhelming first year for Caleb Williams in the NFL.

Williams and the Bears started the season 4-2. A commanding 35-16 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London saw the 2024 first overall pick have the best game of his career to date, with 226 passing yards, four touchdowns and one interception. He was also great with his legs, with 56 yards from four rushing attempts, including a 23-yard gain.

However, Williams only threw for more than two touchdowns on one occasion in 2024, but the team still ended up on the losing side in a 23-20 Thanksigivng game loss to the Lions.

Williams only threw for six interceptions in 2024, with four of these thrown across Weeks Two and Three. Along with 20 passing touchdowns, whilst it could have been better, it could have been a whole lot worse.

Williams was sacked 68 times in 2024, the third most for any quarterback in a single season, including seven or more in four of his 17 starts.

Williams is a work in progress, but is far from being the issue in Chicago. The Bears front office, along with new head coach Ben Johnson, have gone out and addressed this issue by trading for experienced guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson. They also invested in Williams’ future by draftings offensive tackles Ozzy Trapilo and Luke Newman in the second and seventh round respectively.

2024 was not the year that Vikings quarterback JJ McCarthy was expecting, with a meniscus tear ruling him out for the entire of his rookie year.

McCarthy was dealt a bad hand, but with Sam Darnold out of the door, the starting job is firmly with the first round pick out of Michigan.

Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell has a great record when working with quarterbacks, overseeing Darnold’s career year in 2024, with a 14-3 record.

After playing under Jim Harbaugh in college, McCarthy now gets to play under another excellent head coach and has the best wide receiver duo in the league in Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison (when his four game suspension is over), with returning wideout Adam Thielen as the WR3.

He is primed for a good first season, even if there may be a few teething problems initially. Despite all the excitement from the Vikings fanbase, he has yet to play an NFL regular season snap, so he cannot be placed any higher than fourth.

NFC North Quarterback Rankings

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