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Forrest on Fire
Nov 23, 2012

Nodoze posted:

Cousins is just better than Tua is, it has nothing to do with Tua not being "clutch".

How much of this stems from game experience though? Cousins has seen NFL offenses for over 10 years and Tua is entering Y5.

I feel like Flacco reminded the NFL that experience isn't worthless. Yes, it's important to develop young talent if you have it. No, a 35 year old isn't assuredly cooked in the NFL. Is that going to mean Flacco gets a starting gig next year? gently caress no but it does maybe give pause to teams just throwing an unready QB prospect to the wolves.

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Forrest on Fire
Nov 23, 2012

really queer Christmas posted:

Probably like 5 teams are going to start rookies next year on day 1.

I get why for three of them. If someone starts JJ week 1 they're loving stupid.

Forrest on Fire
Nov 23, 2012

really queer Christmas posted:

I do agree with you btw, just that I really doubt the nfl is going to learn anything beyond "new shiny qb better than old busted qb".

Fans can put their hopes in this new qb who will lead the team to the promised land, coaches get a scapegoat if things don't work out, owners want a face of the franchise. There's so much momentum on rookie qbs being thrown to the wolves instead of letting them sit and learn or even just putting enough pieces around them to guarantee some success.

There's also the cost effectiveness, but I'm wondering how much that will weigh as the veteran QB market depresses. I long for a world where Andy Dalton starts the season QB1 once again, but I don't think it happens.

There just aren't as many elite rookie QBs as there are teams willing to burn draft picks to select them. There never will be.

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