(03-20-2022, 01:42 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(03-20-2022, 01:04 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: The AFC is so stacked with QB talent - he's probably not going to get above the #8-#10 range without injury above him on that list. 

He's probably #8 if Watson is suspended, #9 if not.  

Nonetheless - number 8 on that list could potentially be a 4200 yard passer with 20+ touchdowns. So he could have a good year with marked improvement and still be the 8th best QB in the AFC. 

Crazy times.

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Precisely!

So considering he was touted as a generational QB, if he plays well and ranks 8th-9th in a QB heavy AFC, would he be a disappointment in some eyyes?

Where would he have to rank to avoid most of the talk of disappointment?

There will be hot-takes-a-plenty calling him a disappointment no matter what happens in 2022. 

We've got negative-nancies galore on the board and national pundits of varying ilk flooding social media and the airwaves with negative takes on former high draft picks who aren't immediate superstars. Premature rash judgements on young players to these people are just like chocolate cake to fat toddlers on their birthday.  They love that [BLEEP]. 

There will be plenty of naysayers regardless, but I suspect he takes enough of a positive step to quiet the majority of any unwarranted flack.

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