01-23-2022, 06:23 PM
(01-23-2022, 03:57 PM)Big Boss Wrote: 1st QB in NFL history to be taken 1st overall and make the conference championship game in his first two years.
I decided to dig in to this. Only 26 QBs have been taken 1st overall.
I didn't dig through all 26, but picked out 11 that probably had the most success in their careers.
Terry Bradshaw
John Elway
Troy Aikman
Drew Bledsoe
Peyton Manning
Mike Vick
Carson Palmer
Eli Manning
Cam Newton
Andrew Luck
Jared Goff
8 of those QBs made a Super Bowl, and all won playoff games.
In their first 2 years, these guys had a 2-9 playoff record, with only Vick and Luck winning a playoff game. 4 of them didn't even make the playoffs (Bradshaw, Aikman, Palmer, Newton).
Part of this credit goes to Burrow, but part of it should go to how quickly the FO rebuilt this team, spending plenty in FA and hitting on so many picks.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
