Palmer's thoughts on Bengals pick, playing #1 overall QB's

[Nicomo Cosca]

(01-09-2020, 07:08 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I am a strong believer in sitting a QB for their first year. We have all seen it work way too many times the last 30 or so years for there not to be something behind it.

Sat most/all of at least 1st year:
Tom Brady
Aaron Rodgers
Carson Palmer
Phillip Rivers
Tony Romo
Drew Brees
Brett Favre
Patrick Mahomes
Eli Manning
Alex Smith
Jay Cutler 

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It really only seems to work out for a team starting a QB immediately if you are given an amazing run game AND defense (Roethlisberger, Flacco, Sanchez)... and at that point, I would argue that a veteran QB could do the same for at least a year.

Peyton Manning started his first year, but desperately could have used that first year to sit and learn considering he threw 26 TD/28 INT.

Only Mahomes is even close to being a recent example. It just doesn’t make sense anymore to lose a year off their rookie contracts.