The NFL playoffs are where quarterbacks earn their legacies—or watch them crumble under the spotlight. After a thrilling divisional round full of clutch throws, costly mistakes, and everything in between, it’s time to rank the last eight starting quarterbacks standing who took the field this past weekend!

At this point of the NFL calendar, we’ve separated the wheat from the chaff. The divisional round includes star quarterbacks young and old, headlined by Most Valuable Player candidates Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen facing off in Buffalo with a trip to the AFC championship game on the line.

Some quarterback rankings prove that there are some out there who haven't heard the news. While NFL.com ranked Young 14th at season's end, a new batch of QB rankings from Ben Rolfe at Pro Football Network somehow has Young all the way down at number 28.

"Goff is coming off a season that saw him post a career-best 111.8 passer rating, which was second-best in the NFL behind Jackson. He completed 72.4% of his passes, including an early-season game during which all 18 of his throws were completed, and logged a career-high 37 touchdown passes.

Quarterbacks aren't the end-all, be-all when it comes to competing for NFL championships. More often than not, in fact, signal-callers are only as elite as their supporting cast, especially when it comes to playoff football.

The Divisional Round is officially over. Here are the grades for all eight NFL teams’ quarterbacks after the Divisional Round.

As USA TODAY ranks the top remaining quarterbacks in the NFL playoffs, here's where Eagles QB Jalen Hurts stands.

Championship weekend's star-studded quartet of quarterbacks have made it this far thanks to supporting defenses that made huge plays in the divisional round.