Quote:How does he get "ruined" (which implies irrecoverable damage) from starting too early?  I understand the argument that his development could be delayed, though I don't accept it as true unconditionally.  But ruined, as in he'll never be any good in the future regardless of coaching and teammates?

I remember David Carr. After getting sacked 140 times in his first two seasons, he was ducking from phantom pressure.


Poor pass protection, throwing picks because the receiver ran the wrong route, it can get in a young QB's head.


Personally, I remember all the arguments about Gabbert and whether his problems were his fault or the fault of bad pass protection or bad receivers. If Henne can throw 15 TDs and 10 INTs, then that would set a standard that we could reasonably expect Bortles to exceed. Henne could also get our young WRs on the same page without them having to deal with a rookie QB. This just seems like a logical way to develop the offense- not all at once. All at once can produce a chaotic situation.

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