(10-07-2020, 09:16 AM)hb1148 Wrote:

(10-07-2020, 09:09 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Maybe you don't, but I knew a future star when I see one. 

I never said Minshew was a bad QB. He isn't. He's just not a franchise QB. I see his ceiling being that of Jay Cutler and that's not what we are looking for.

How do you define a franchise QB? If you're talking about Patrick Mahommes or Russel Wilson, I completely agree he'll never be those guys. But surely a QB doesn't have to play like that to be a franchise QB. Right now there's not that much to differentiate the performance of Burrow from Murray from Minshew other than a little bit of arm strength. I think he *might* become a Deshaun Watson (as far as importance, not playing style) by his third or fourth year.  I don't think you want to give him to long to figure it out though. We should have a better idea by the end of this year. I wouldn't go on the basis of just the last two games.

How do you know if he will ever be a Mahomes or Wilson type? I define a franchise QB as someone that passes the eyeball test. A QB that can process information quickly, go through his progressions in a hurry and has the confidence to make the right read and get the ball out in a hurry. To me, that is football I.Q. and Burrow is showing that through 4 games. I'm shocked he's showing these traits this early and I know he's bound to have some bumps in the road, being behind such a putrid O-Line, but what he is doing with so little, amazes me. He doesn't get spooked when the pocket collapses. He maintains his composure and takes what the defense gives him. That is a veteran move.

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