ShouldersofGiants127

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Anyone think young QBs are gonna have less time to prove themselves after this year? in c/nfl@nfl.community
[–] ShouldersofGiants127@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think he might have changed it a little bit. 9ers punted the #3 overall pick a year after drafting him.

Anyone think young QBs are gonna have less time to prove themselves after this year? in c/nfl@nfl.community
[–] ShouldersofGiants127@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Depends on if they play I guess

Anyone think young QBs are gonna have less time to prove themselves after this year? in c/nfl@nfl.community
[–] ShouldersofGiants127@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Their preseason over/under was 5.5 wins. I think everyone knows CJ isn’t the only improvement this team made but there was nothing before the season to suggest that they would be as good as they are now. That’s not all on CJ, but he’s getting the spotlight because he’s the QB and this really is a question of what perception will GMs take in the future after this season.

Also the line about people that probably shouldn’t be GMs. I can name you current GMs that absolutely should not be GMs lol. This idea that GMs wouldn’t be susceptible to seeing this and trying to replicate it is crazy. The thing most these GMs do best is chase trends. It’s not crazy to think this doesn’t influence their decision making to some degree at all.

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Anyone think young QBs are gonna have less time to prove themselves after this year? (alien.top)
 

Considering what CJ Stroud has been doing, I’m interested in seeing how teams handle drafting a QB high from here on out. Over the last 20 years or so, I think we’ve seen less and less patience when it comes to rookie QBs. There used to be a time where a guy could get drafted and would essentially be a clipboard holder his first 2-3 years if the guy ahead of him was producing at at least a Cincy Andy Dalton level. We’ve seen a lot more get thrown out to the fire early and they get a lot less leeway now than they did when I first started watching football 20 something years ago.

Still tho, a lot of fans still like to justify why their teams young QB is underperforming and usually point to factors that are out of their control (roster, coaching staff, front office, lack of experience)

And this guy CJ Stroud comes into the league with a franchise in perhaps its darkest days with a rookie head coach to boot, no notable weapons at the start of the season and he’s got them in the playoff hunt and hasn’t only been playing well for a rookie but he has been one of the best performing QBs in the league this season.

I’m already seeing a lot of rumblings on social media in regards to other young QBs that have yet to play like CJ has and some guys that had supporters before this season have lost a lot of them. It’s just hard to keep justifying poor play with external excuses when this guy isn’t in an ideal situation at all and making it happen.

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[–] ShouldersofGiants127@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It’s very much a rarity for a guy to be cut out to be a head coach. I don’t wanna debate the talent level of these coaching trees but bottom line is being a head coach is a totally different beast than being a coordinator or positions coach. We take the good/great ones for granted.

Also situations/rosters matter a ton in football.

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[–] ShouldersofGiants127@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Measurables.

Also football is a sport where you can produce like a scrub or star depending on whatever coaching scheme you're in.

Where will the Pro Football Hall of Fame draw the line with QBs? in c/nfl@nfl.community
[–] ShouldersofGiants127@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I cant express how mad I'm going to be when Kirk Cousins gets inducted.

For what it's worth, he seems to be a great guy off the field, I just don't think he belongs anywhere near the hall of fame and I have a bad feeling he'll get in without having to wait very long. They really need a standard tho, I think Matt Ryan is a decent place to start from.