Yeah, early on this season I could tell that Ron had him on a short leash. He was saying a little while ago that he was willing to make a change from Dwayne and then there reports about those meetings he had with the staff. It just seemed like Ron and the staff didn't really want him. He hasn't played that well, but I do have symphaty for him given that he's young and wasn't put in the best situation to succeed. Like Josh Rosen wasn't. It's tough when a team doesn't really seem to want a young QB or give them much time to grow. We are seeing more and more just how quickly organizations will give up on young QB's including first round draft picks.

I wonder what would have happened if Dwayne/Josh had been given more support like Bortles/Trubisky were given. They definitely ended up having better teams. Trubisky for example has pretty much always had a decent team with a good defense and kept getting chance, after chance, after chance... until they finally decided to bench him. I think that someone like Trubisky has been treated very fair and has been given a bunch of chances. Dwayne/Josh probably wish they could have received even half the support that Trubisky got from their organizations.

But the rush for teams to try and get much better right away, paired with other QB's playing extremely well early on, (Patrick, DeShaun, Dak, etc... As well as the the presence of young talented college QB's breathing down their necks (like Trevor, Justin Fields), gives some QBs very little time to figure things out and try and secure a starting spot for themselves. It's unfortunate.

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