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The hidden danger of not playing your young QB.


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If I'm reading this right your premise suggests someone has crystal balls that allow them to tell the one promising 5th or later round QB from the 25 who will never start an NFL game?

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...sort of like takin a kid called Terrell Davis after Ryan Christopherson a RB...

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I wonder what the danger is of not getting the football to your "young" wide receiver.

Last season, Evans showed good hands and even better breakaway speed. He got the ball into the endzone, and softened up defenses.

We used the 13th pick of a draft to get him, and he certainly looked like a decent pick, especially with Moulds getting old.

Now, Moulds is that much older. He might not even be here next season, and Evans is not getting enough tosses his way, or so it seems.

In summary, they are having trouble scoring points, yet they are not getting the football to the receiver who is most likely to do so.

Hard to figure, ya know?  :w00t:

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Man you really hit the nail on the head with that one. I remember reading some article saying that Lee Evans is having a major sophomore jinx. What bullcrap. He hasn't had the ball thrown his way, and when it is, it's either grossly over or under thrown.

 

I really hope that the powers that be devise a way to get him the ball. His growth is being severely stunted. This kid proved he is a gamebreaker, and we're just letting him rot.

 

Excellent point Bill.

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So basically, if we started Rob Johnson in 1998, we would have Tom Brady at QB now? Damn. How'd we mess that up?

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The truth is Rob Johnson never developed in part because of his injury history and that we did bench him in 1998. I do think had we went with him that entire season we would have known just how good or bad he truly was as a QB.

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I wonder what the danger is of not getting the football to your "young" wide receiver.

Last season, Evans showed good hands and even better breakaway speed. He got the ball into the endzone, and softened up defenses.

We used the 13th pick of a draft to get him, and he certainly looked like a decent pick, especially with Moulds getting old.

Now, Moulds is that much older. He might not even be here next season, and Evans is not getting enough tosses his way, or so it seems.

In summary, they are having trouble scoring points, yet they are not getting the football to the receiver who is most likely to do so.

Hard to figure, ya know?  :w00t:

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I think Moulds has some how got into MM's head about being the best player and that he should get the majority of the balls not Evans.....May be Evans getting

9 TDs last year really scared Moulds..... :)

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Obie Wan hit on the secret formula.... drafting a QB every year! Ron Wolf during his Green Bay Packer tenure took Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Matt Hasselback, and had Kurt Warner in camp (free agent). The truth is that the Packers showcased these guys during the preseason ( did Favre really need the work?) and repeated the benefits in draft choices coming back because other teams simply can't find a quality starter at that position with both hands!! Look at Cincinnati and their futile attempt to "find" a QB..... David Klingler and Akili Smith come rushing to mind! Those two set the Bengals back years!! The blueprint is there, but organizations don't trust their own judgement on this position.

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Obie Wan hit on the secret formula.... drafting a QB every year! Ron Wolf during his Green Bay Packer tenure took Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Matt Hasselback, and had Kurt Warner in camp (free agent). The truth is that the Packers showcased these guys during the preseason ( did Favre really need the work?) and repeated the benefits in draft choices coming back because other teams simply can't find a quality starter at that position with both hands!! Look at Cincinnati and their futile attempt to "find" a QB..... David Klingler and Akili Smith come rushing to mind! Those two set the Bengals back years!! The blueprint is there, but organizations don't trust their own judgement on this position.

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We picked up QBs of other teams....Billy Joe and Rob Johnson...Where did

it get us to...

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Obie Wan hit on the secret formula.... drafting a QB every year! Ron Wolf during his Green Bay Packer tenure took Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Matt Hasselback, and had Kurt Warner in camp (free agent). The truth is that the Packers showcased these guys during the preseason ( did Favre really need the work?) and repeated the benefits in draft choices coming back because other teams simply can't find a quality starter at that position with both hands!! Look at Cincinnati and their futile attempt to "find" a QB..... David Klingler and Akili Smith come rushing to mind! Those two set the Bengals back years!! The blueprint is there, but organizations don't trust their own judgement on this position.

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Would you trust Donahoe's judgment at the QB position? Rob Johnson (Flutie's still in the League, RJ is not...), Travis Brown, Drew Bledsoe, and then trotting out JP Losman for the first four games of a year with high playoff expectations.

 

Ron Wolf had a nice run, but Donahoe's track record is beginning to look a bit like Ozzie Newsome's (who in every other respect is a top-flight NFL GM, and superior drafter, BTW).

 

JDG

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Your points are well recieved JDG and Ganesh, hence, Tom Donahoe eventually will be on "thin ice" if he continues his trend of QB flops, although it is much too early to declare J.P. Losman that yet... The position itself is difficult to play and, as a result, team fortunes are won and lost with choices made there. Finally, it is NOT so much trusting TD, as hoping he has gotten it right, this time!

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Your points are well recieved JDG and Ganesh, hence, Tom Donahoe eventually will be on "thin ice" if he continues his trend of QB flops, although it is much too early to declare J.P. Losman that yet... The position itself is difficult to play and, as a result, team fortunes are won and lost with choices made there. Finally, it is NOT so much trusting TD, as hoping he has gotten it right, this time!

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The question is.... do we give JP Losman long enough to become the next Drew Brees or (dareIsay) the next Rich Gannon before judging Donahoe????

 

JDG

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As you say, it becomes a timing matter and Tom Donahoe would NOT be the first GM who didn't reap the benefits of a star QB in the making. The wait (unfortunately) is half the battle! Those are the demands on a present day GM and he knows it, I guess... it ALL boils down to "will JP Losman develop into what we want as fans, a bonified star at that position."

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The question is.... do we give JP Losman long enough to become the next Drew Brees or (dareIsay) the next Rich Gannon before judging Donahoe????

 

JDG

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Exactly....That is why they should have stuck with JP and work out the

problems....The guy played two playoff caliber teams, one at home and

other on the road and the Defense left him high and dry in both the games..

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Obie Wan hit on the secret formula.... drafting a QB every year! Ron Wolf during his Green Bay Packer tenure took Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Matt Hasselback, and had Kurt Warner in camp (free agent). The truth is that the Packers showcased these guys during the preseason ( did Favre really need the work?) and repeated the benefits in draft choices coming back because other teams simply can't find a quality starter at that position with both hands!! Look at Cincinnati and their futile attempt to "find" a QB..... David Klingler and Akili Smith come rushing to mind! Those two set the Bengals back years!! The blueprint is there, but organizations don't trust their own judgement on this position.

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which is why the Chiefs go after free agent QBs rather than relying on one from the draft.

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The truth is Rob Johnson never developed in part because of his injury history and that we did bench him in 1998. I do think had we went with him that entire season we would have known just how good or bad he truly was as a QB.

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Of course, if we really wanted to be sure we should have extended him long-term and let him start for 6+ years.

 

Where do we dry the line on evaluating a qb?

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