08-06-2018, 02:34 PM
(08-06-2018, 11:46 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I know there are some here that will not agree with this, but I've always felt a first rounder should be able to come in Day 1 and be a quality starter with no glaring issues.
Doesn't matter who agrees with you. The fact is that less than half of first round picks start day one as a rookie.
Over the previous ten years ('08-'17) only 72 of 320 first round picks started 16 games as a rookie. Less than half of them (150) started more than 11 games.
I realize there may have been a few who were opening day starters who then missed more than 5 games with an injury, but the fact remains that your expectations are too high for first round picks.