THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl XLVII and broadcasting its 53^rd year of the NFL, continues its 2012 NFL season on Sunday, Oct. 28 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET).

       One of the most remarkable aspects of this 2012 NFL season is that nearly one-third of the teams have entrusted their offenses to young quarterbacks drafted within the past two years. This season, there have been five rookie and five second-year quarterbacks starting in the NFL.

       THE NFL TODAY’s Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino, who had one of the greatest seasons ever as he led Miami to the Super Bowl in his second season, is the perfect judge when it comes to ranking these 10 quarterbacks.  Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck and Washington's Robert Griffin III were picked one-two only six months ago.  Would they rank that way today as we near the midway mark of their first NFL season?  What about last season's offensive Rookie of the Year, Cam Newton of Carolina, and other sophomore signal callers such as Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton and Minnesota’s Christian Ponder?  Shawn Robbins and Jeff St. Arromand are the producers.

         James Brown hosts THE NFL TODAY along with analysts Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, NFL TODAY Insider Jason La Canfora, as well as Lesley Visser reporting.

         Eric Mann is senior producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.

         Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports and serves as the Executive Producer for THE NFL ON CBS.  Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

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