Quote:And I prefer it that way! I think the Jaguar front office is doing things the right way! Up here in New York (Jersey is just a suburb of NYC), Geno Smith was not ready to start and if it wasn't for an above average defense keeping games close, their season should have been a lot worse. If Geno would have sat last year I think it would have been to his advantage.

 

He may get his chance to sit this year now that they brought in Vick.  He's certainly on a very short leash.

 

Just because it's been customary lately to start QBs early (a product of the previous CBA's ridiculous rookie contracts and nothing more) doesn't make it the smart thing to do.

 

Since the rookie contracts have become more reasonable than they were in the past, we should see sitting and grooming QBs become the common route again.  Unless of course, you're talking about teams without any QB at all like the Colts were... which speaks of an even larger problem with a franchise (not having a successor or even a backup plan in place prior to letting your cupboard run completely bare.)

 

If you're forced to start a rookie QB, you aren't just a bad team who earned a high draft pick.  You're a poorly run franchise for neglecting your roster so badly.

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