[QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="manningbowl135"]It's not just the offense, which is a valid point. Execution is the most important part, but you can't even get to that if you don't even know how to run each play. As a rookie, it takes you a lot longer to learn a NFL playbook than a vet, so they sit for awhile until they have it down.
After that is the part where you throw him out there too soon. The guy is out of College, most times playing in a good team, so not used to a pass rush. He comes in and if you throw him to the wolves, he'll get hit 10 times harder and 10 times more than he did in college. He'll have 1/10th the time he had in college. All that contributes to a young guy losing confidence. He'll get flustered in the pocket easily in his career, throw off his back foot, throw it too soon. Stuff like that. That's what happened to Carr and Couch.
This approach worked well with Palmer and Pennington. For some QBs, it does, for some it doesn't. There's no right way and there's no what if b/c you only get one shot. That's why QBs are the riskiest position in football. There's just as many if not more 1st round QB busts as there are booms.
PS: Also when you start a rookie from day 1, you're effectively telling the vets that you've given up on the season before it even began. You simply can't run a team that way.
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thats not true about vets thinking seasons over when a rookie comes in. Rothlisberger Playoffs year 1 Suber bowl year 2. A QB who didn't start his first year and plays his first game in year 2 will still get flustered in the pocket easily in his career, throw off his back foot, throw it too soon. These are all things they would learn if they play games siting on the sideline does nothing to help there Mechanics, Ask a rookie QB what he thinks is best for him and majority of the time he'll say play because he knows the only way he's gonna get good is with real time practice. These so many losy Qb's in the NFl and most them had to sit there first year. Peyton Played his first year he played like crap but trust me had they sat him all season it would have took him longer to develope. I Think more coaches need to realize not playing is hurting there rookie QB's. 1) Roethlisberger is an anamoly. Most starting QBs are horrible in their rookie season. Starting them usually means you're giving up on the season and focusing on the future.
What I'm saying is there's no right way to tell what's the better way. You just said starting Peyton was the best way to develop him. I can't argue that b/c well..look how he turned out and I don't know how he would turn out if he sat. But you can look at it from the other side. Palmer, he sat and later became one of the best QBs in the league. If the Bengals had to do it again, would they start Palmer immediately? Should they? The sitting method resulted in the complete turnaround of their franchise and just like the Peyton situation, you can't say starting him would've been better b/c you don't know.
My point: Both methods have success and failure stories. There's no way to tell which one is the best way for a QB.
Sorry your wrong Palmer is pure potential he's not there yet, had they started him earlier maybe he would be more developed he did have to miss alot of games do to injury and thats another thing what if in year 2 they get hurt, it will be till year 3 that they actually get playing time and thats not enough, some of the best QB's surprise people when they come in. Had i drafted Jamarcus or Brady they would be playing already and maybe would be much better for it next year, Clevelands or Oaklands not winning anything this year so why not?
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