Sifting for value in the recycling bin labeled QB: what's most unsettling about Bledsoe is his inability to step up his performance against premier defenses.(NFL)

Recyclables should be separated into five bins: glass, paper, plastic, aluminum and quarterback. This season, several quarterbacks will go the way of so many soda cans, turning up in another part of the country.

What Drew Bledsoe is: a mediocre quarterback. That is what he has been for a long time. He hasn't been a difference maker since Tom Brady was backing up Brian Griese at Michigan. Over the past six seasons, Bledsoe's passer rating is 78.0 and he has had only one season with a rating better than 77.3. What has been most disturbing about Bledsoe has been his inability to step up against a premier defense. Last season, his passer rating in two games against the Patriots was 46.6. Against the Steelers, it was 58.9. Against the Ravens, it was 30.4.

Bledsoe's lack of mobility will limit his market. If he's your starter, you probably should be looking to get better. In the right situation, though, Bledsoe is worth bringing in as a backup.

Cutting Jay Fiedler demonstrates new Dolphins coach Nick Saban has the right instinct. Fiedler, on the other hand, rarely showed the right instinct in his five years in Miami. He's a smart guy who makes too many stupid throws. Fielder has thrown 63 interceptions since 2000. Eight of those were returned for touchdowns, and opponents have compiled 734 return yards against him.

Fiedler probably will make a good backup somewhere because of his team-first mentality, but any team that thinks he can be more than that will be disappointed.

All Jeff Garcia needs is a coaching staff that understands how to use him. The Browns had him dropping back way too much. Garcia is strictly a three-step and rollout quarterback, who is efficient only in a short-to-intermediate passing game. The West Coast offense is the only one he has a chance in.

Despite being misused in Cleveland, Garcia flashed enough that you could see his failures were not the result of an absence of ability. Unlike Bledsoe, Garcia stepped up against some of the best defenses