OMG, NFL Network already making Bledsoe/Brady comparison

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(12-16-2015, 01:46 PM)BigSeph Wrote: Great QBs are behind other QBs sometimes.

Rodgers sat behind Favre.

Rodgers was drafted to develop behind Favre. It wasn't some unknown QB behind Favre. He was a first round pick. It was much more of a Palmer sitting behind Kitna (if Kitna was a HOFer and Palmer ended up being a 2x MVP, lol) than a Brady (6th round pick) behind Bledsoe.

Rodgers actually needed a lot of that time to develop. If he started immediately, he'd probably not be a shadow of what he has been. Keep in mind he went from playing in a Junior College, to the college coach who also coached Trent Dilfer, Akili Smith, David Carr, Joey Harrington, and Kyle Boller. All first round picks who started at least some in their first year and were awful.

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Not to mention, Bledsoe and Dalton aren't good comparisons either. Bledsoe wasn't young at the time. He was in his 9th season, making him like 30-31, and in that season plus his previous two he had a 38:36 TD to INT ratio and in his third straight season of a QB Rating in the 70s after his previous three were all in the 80s. Dude was on the decline. It's not like Bledsoe was leading the NFL in QB Rating in Week 14 when he got hurt.

Bledsoe's Patriots in '99: 8-8
Bledsoe's Patriots in '00: 5-11
Bledsoe's 2 stars in '01: 0-2

Regardless of what McCarron does, the Brady comparison is impossible to make because you'd have to make a Bledsoe and Dalton comparison then, and that's impossible.