10-13-2015, 11:54 AM
(10-13-2015, 11:50 AM)Wyche Wrote: ....and that's part of the reason we're seeing such an improvement. It's kinda crazy when you think about it....not too long ago, a fifth QB was indeed young, and had probably spent at least a year on the bench learning, if not more. The league sure has changed.....and gotten impatient. I'm guilty of it too.....
Agree, but it's the world we live in. Players, especially higher round draft picks, are expected to come into the league and contribute immediately. There was an interesting article by Gil Brandt last year that discussed this. Ironically, he looked at quarterbacks who grow up in Texas. He argued that with all the camps, the year round preparations, the coaching in college, that quarterbacks come into the league more NFL ready then he has ever seen. He argued that is why they have a better idea what a guy's "ceiling" is then at any time in the past.
