01-29-2019, 10:47 AM
(01-29-2019, 10:06 AM)Big Boss Wrote: What is the success rate for QBs coming into the league only having one year's experience as a starter in college?
Not sure of the top of my head, I know Trubisky has been decent recently. I tend to shy away from that old take though because when it was first the rule back in Parcell's "QB rules" things were different. Today QB's are getting tutoring from passing coaches in high school, many of these coaches work with College and NFL guys too. They are coming in with a much higher knowledge of how the game works and breaking down defenses. The rise of 7 on 7 has also allowed them to keep throwing competitively year round and it has shown in the last couple years with the freshman QB's coming in to major college programs and starting day 1, something that didn't ever use to happen really.
The other thing is the pro game is starting to emulate the college game more than the other way around. There was a time when pro coaches refused to adapt to the QB, but rather force QB's to fit in their "systems". Now with the success of the Air Raid in the pro's (which people said would never work) and the continued success of the spread (Which people said would never work) these guys are coming in much further ahead of the curve then their predecessors did.
Trevor Lawrence as a freshman this year would have been the 1st overall pick in the draft if he could be picked, freshman or not. The kid can make all the throws including ones that current NFL starters can't (College opposite hash 15 yard out against cover 2). He handles reading the coverages well including "pro style" coverages that Nick Saban runs. He is just one of many great young QB's coming through, he may be the cream of that crop but he isn't as much of an outlier as people like to make it.
