first round. You expect a first round pick to play immediately, but it's very, very common for teams to draft less-polished guys late with the idea of giving them 2-3 years to see how they develop. That's basically what every QB drafted in round 5 or later is. Lots of QBs get drafted in rounds 6-7; no team drafting a QB in those rounds does so with the intention of making him an immediate starter.