My picks for NFL QB battles

ByHERM EDWARDS
August 6, 2014, 3:09 PM

— -- NFL training camps are all about evaluations as a coach. You have certain inclinations after minicamp and OTAs about which players should start, but practice and game situations reveal a lot about which guys you want lining up for you on Sundays during the season.

The biggest decision, of course, lies at the quarterback position. This season, there are three major QB battles -- in Cleveland, Minnesota and Jacksonville -- in which a rookie could challenge the incumbent and start Week 1. The other potential battle, involving the New York Jets, features a second-year player competing against a veteran.

I'm not at practice, so I can only go on what I'm told by the guys I talk to around the league. However, if I were the coach of these four teams, here's whom I'd start at quarterback Week 1.