01-05-2022, 03:03 AM
(01-05-2022, 02:24 AM)Savagehenry54 Wrote: Burrow, never got to play in Ryan Day's offense, and LSU's OC was obviously a problem when Joe Brady can come in and get the best college season ever played out of the same dude who just the year before looked like a day 3 draft pick.
What I'm saying is that in Burrow's case in particular, one shouldn't be surprised it wasn't until his senior season that his real potential was on display cuz that was the first time he started for a good OC running a pro style offense.
Had he been named the starter ahead of Haskins, similar success I'm sure would have occurred.....when he was 22. He may have hit the league more of a Josh Allen dual threat type due to the influence of Urban still being OSU HC at the time, rather than the technician he became at LSU under Brady and a hands off HC in Orgeron but the talent was there. Haskins didn't win the job by much and it aint like he stunk at the time, he had a helluva year under Ryan Day while Burrow labored under a shitty OC in 18.
For QB's, their teammates and coach and the system are such a huge part of what one can reasonably expect them to accomplish that these things have to be considered much more than with baseball and basketball players and every other position on a football field for that matter. Chase for instance, or any receiver...what do they do? They run fast and catch the ball. A lot easier to just know what pattern YOU have to run as opposed to a QB, who ideally is another OC on the field. Bit more of a learning curve there.
That's why Kurt Warner's HOF biography skips the part about him stinking up the joint with the Giants. He played like a HOFer for the Rams and Cards. With the Giants he was garbage although clearly, in hindsight, he was NOT the problem.
Warner was good when he had hall of fame talent surrounding him
I mean, Marc Bulger replaced Warner and immediately put up pro bowl numbers
Warner was extremely fortunate
