09-23-2022, 11:17 AM
(09-22-2022, 10:09 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Well what to do qualifies as franchise QB? Boomer and Dalton were drafted in 2nd round both played 9 years with us does not qualify? Palmer picked #1 and 7 yrs does that qualify?
I didn't even think about Palmer which is funny because most of us considered him to be a franchise quarterback for most of his time in Cincy. In retrospect Palmer had the talent but not the leadership to be what I'm talking about.
Dalton had the leadership but not the talent. You can't be a franchise quarterback when you're known as the line between "good enough" and "not good enough."
What I'm talking about is a quarterback with both the talent and the leadership to build a championship winning franchise around. I think we've had two, maybe three, before Burrow. Anderson, Esiason, and maybe Cook although we'll never know.
