wco81 wrote:On one of the ESPN morning shows they were discussing Brady’s recent comments that teams were rushing rookie QBs to start, dumbing down the offenses.
Under this trend they favored athletic QBs because they didn’t have to master the passing offense fully in order to be productive.
For instance, some RPO actions would produce easy reads, as young QBs in shotgun could fake a handoff to a RB and if the inside LBs responded to the run fake, easy slant pass but if the LB dropped back then run would produce a 5-yard or more gain.
The other part is that second reaction ability was more valued from QB prospects, again being able to make plays without going through a couple of offseasons to learn the offense fully.
The part they didn’t mention is that many teams are trying to contend before QBs earn big money because of the cap and the CBA.
I think a lot of it boils down to coaches only have a small window to show the team is moving in the right direction before they are canned.
Unless they are a firmly established coach they basically get one QB to make work or they are gone before the next one. Guys like Matt LeFluer are lucky they had top QB starting so their rookie QB could develop but a majority of rookie QBs are going to teams with no QBs and coaches that aren't established enough to convince ownership to play the long game.
