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The Bridge Quarterback Debate

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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2 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

The Cardinals tried to put a film study requirement into Kyler's contract because he spends too much of his time playing video games.

The Jets let Wilson do whatever the hell he wants and it ruined his reputation in the locker room and have seemingly already screwed up their #2 pick in the draft.

And those are just 2 recent examples of top draft picks who can't seem to figure out how to go about their business in a professional manner.  

It seems obvious for grown adults who have had jobs for years about how these kids should be able to do it right, especially when they get paid what they do.  But you seem to forget that they're still 21 year old kids who just got paid tens of millions of dollars and are the face of multi-billion dollar organizations.

It's not something a few years in college prepares you for, even for the best of prospects.

Well if we pick a Murray or Wilson, does the vet QB matter? Joe Flacco won a SB and he was Wilson’s vet backup. Did it matter? The last two QBs that went #1 were Burrow and Lawrence and they appear to be fine with no bridge QB.

Having a vet backup is not a horrible thing if we want to compete if our rookie gets hurt but honestly, I would take it as a bad sign if he didn’t start day 1. This isn’t Mahomes or Rodgers. They were behind QBs who started multiple years in the playoffs including the years right before the rookies got drafted. We aren’t a playoff team looking to improve our QB and Dalton is just as new to the Panthers.

If Stroud is going to be successful it’s because he already is more like Burrow and Lawrence than Murray, Mayfield and Wilson. Dalton being here will not change Stroud’s career.

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