(02-09-2018, 02:32 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-09-2018, 02:10 PM)Bullseye Wrote: So what would your expectations be for a rookie to produce?

At what point would it be reasonable to expect him to produce at a level befitting a Super Bowl contending team?

If not immediately, how many years of the team's Super Bowl window will be wasted waiting for him to get to that level?

I would expect a rookie to have largely the same type of stats that Dak Prescott, Andy Dalton and Cam Newton had this season. They ranked 16, 17 and 18 among NFL QB's. Pretty average stats. Not bad, not great.

I would then expect a much better second season that would show a sharp improvement over what Blake Bortles would give us during the 2019 season. Possibly getting us to a Superbowl

I would say no more than 2-3 years, which I believe is very reasonable, considering a rookie would not weaken our budget and we could keep our high impact defensive players.

I would not.

Even though rookie QBs are coming in more prepared than they were in the past, and even though teams seem to be doing more to ease their transitions into the pro game, I still would not expect a rookie to come in and produce at an acceptable level in the first year.

I say this even with aberrations like Dak Prescott performing well in their rookie years.

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