How about this scenario?

[Benton]

(01-12-2019, 12:00 AM)TrevBengal Wrote: The quarterback is the most important position in team sports, period.

Andy was a nice surprise.  He provided stability, has had flashes of very solid play, but he is safe, limited, and not getting any better.

The NFL is changing. You need a dynamic, athletic QB who can make all of the throws, on the run, and continue to learn, adapt and grow.

Andy is not a top Qb.  He is not athletic.  He is not creating plays or extending plays for the team.  

He has been fine; but being afraid of a new Qb because Andy has been mediocre is the same problem we had w/ keeping marvin 6 years too long.

With respect, I think the league is moving in the other direction. You don't have to be a good qb, you don't have to be athletic and you don't have to have an outstanding arm capable of threading the needle. All you need is a ref who enforces the ever expanding "don't let them touch the qb" rule book.

The league can see that college programs, by and large, aren't preparing QBs like they used to . They're preparing them to win bowl games. So the league is responding with ridiculous rules like "you can hit the qb in a six inch square on his chest only, and must immediately disengage contact if the qb appears to have been possibly impacted."

Kind of off topic, but the whole "you've got to have an elite qb" issue is rapidly becoming moot. The rules are giving most teams serviceable ones.