Quote:If you stop and think for a minute you would realize that sitting him is the right thing long term. That hungry to win games right now is strong but for the long term if sitting him a few games and missing the playoffs this year to go on to win superbowls in the future is the trade off then I'm all in. The take your lumps thing is for guys who are ready and need experience. When you need to hone your craft you can only do it on the bench. Sitting him gives him an extended off season. Think back to Blaine and ask yourself how much a shortened season hurt him? Let Bortles work his way up the depth chart through competition and let the process play out.


The whole "start him over the incumbent because the incumbent sucks" thing is what destroys qbs. I don't want to repeat that process. I want to build this thing right. We've waited this long for a winner and we are close because we have been patient. Lets stay the course

There's no definitive way to develop a qb. Manning threw a ton of interceptions his rookie year and he turned out just fine. Aikman was horrible as a rookie as was Eli.


I truly don't know this but what first round qbs sat behind a starter and went on to have success?


If a qb is going to be good starting him year 1 isn't going to make a difference. I don't think it's fair to say starting a qb early ruins them because there are examples of players overcoming their rookie year. Blaine Gabbert was always going to bad because he lacked the pocket presence to be successful.


If a rookie year "ruins" a qb it's probably just because he was a bad qb in the first place.


Edit: this isn't even about win now. I truly believe letting a rookie play is the best way to develop them.

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