Quote: I mean, yeah? Hence why it's the usually the same handful of teams in the playoffs year after year. As Tom said, "What the hell would we be doing here?" That is the goal. The Lombardi trophy. 

Here's a thought about those quarterbacks you see in the playoffs year after year... How many of them were being asked to carry that team to the promise land in their 2nd and 3rd seasons?

 

Big Ben was basically a game manager at first behind a running game and defense.

Tom Brady didn't even throw for 3000 yards in his first SuperBowl campaign, that defense carried the day.

Not like Russell Wilson was flinging the ball all around the yard either, the first 3 years were about 3000 yard seasons where he had Lynch and #LOB

 

Early on, maybe the best thing for a lot of these young quarterbacks is to have a team around them. Don't put the weight of saving the franchise on their shoulders, let them manage the game until they develop. 

 

QBs asked to be the savior of the franchise without the supporting cast:

Andrew Luck

RG3

Bortles

Gabbert

David Carr

Manziel

Carson Palmer in Cinci

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