Who should start at QB for 2023

[therealmjl]

6 hours ago, Martin said:

If the rookie can’t start the season we drafted the wrong rookie.

Exactly

[Varking]

We draft a rookie, first overall, and we play them. No stupid QB competition like when Lawrence had to battle Minshew and they stole reps from each other. No stupid starting Dalton over Fields and stealing reps with the im first team away from your rookie. 
 

We are drafting them to play right away. They will play right away. 

[rayzor]

6 hours ago, Martin said:

If the rookie can’t start the season we drafted the wrong rookie.

When you're picking that early, that needs to be the expectation. You start day one and earn your lumps.

[Davidson Deac II]

7 hours ago, Martin said:

If the rookie can’t start the season we drafted the wrong rookie.

So KC shouldn't have drafted Mahomes?

[Varking]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

So KC shouldn't have drafted Mahomes?

He wasn’t the first overall pick. 

[Davidson Deac II]

7 hours ago, Varking said:

He wasn’t the first overall pick. 

He should have been.

He is probably the best qb drafted in the last 20 years, probably better than Stroud or Young and was a top 10 pick. And didn't start for a year.

 

If the coach believes he is ready, so be it. If it takes a few gamed, or evena full season, that is ok as long as he eventually becomes a good QB. 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Davidson Deac II

[FuFuLamePoo]

Most teams do not start a veteran quarterback. Not anymore at least. The rookie starts from Day 1 with zero questions asked.

in todays NFL you win by finding a good QB on a rookie deal. Almost any rookie will have growing pains, you want to get those out of the way asap.

[X-Clown]

17 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

He should have been.

He is probably the best qb drafted in the last 20 years, probably better than Stroud or Young and was a top 10 pick. And didn't start for a year.

 

If the coach believes he is ready, so be it. If it takes a few gamed, or evena full season, that is ok as long as he eventually becomes a good QB. 

There was no rush to start Mahomes because they were 12-4 in the previous season with Alex Smith, and started off 5-0 and ended up winning the division/making the playoffs his rookie year. He may have been ready to play, but they had the luxury of waiting since the team around him was good and Smith could game manage well enough. I don’t see that situation being the same here.

[WUnderhill]

Huh? Nobody takes QB #1 overall and has them sit. When was the last time it happened? 80’s? 70’s? Ever? 

[Davidson Deac II]

5 minutes ago, X-Clown said:

There was no rush to start Mahomes because they were 12-4 in the previous season with Alex Smith, and started off 5-0 and ended up winning the division/making the playoffs his rookie year. He may have been ready to play, but they had the luxury of waiting since the team around him was good and Smith could game manage well enough. I don’t see that situation being the same here.

Maybe, but the main concern imo should be to start the rookie when he is mentally ready.  If the coach decides that is the first game, so be it. But him being the first overall draft pick shouldn't matter. If having him him carry a clipboard for a few games is best for his longterm development, then that is ok 

[Davidson Deac II]

11 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Huh? Nobody takes QB #1 overall and has them sit. When was the last time it happened? 80’s? 70’s? Ever? 

Maybe that is why so many of them fail. Being thrown in before they are ready

[Khyber53]

16 hours ago, Martin said:

If the rookie can’t start the season we drafted the wrong rookie.

There's quite a bit of truth to this. It's not like our vet QB or the third stringer we are trying to trade have any experience in this coach's system yet either. 

Although, I really do want to see them put Matt Corral out there during the pre-season and give him some reps with the first team in a game. Maybe he'll be good, maybe he won't, but we'd be doing the kid a solid either way and help him to find a home. This situation wasn't his fault at all.

[Varking]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

He should have been.

He is probably the best qb drafted in the last 20 years, probably better than Stroud or Young and was a top 10 pick. And didn't start for a year.

 

If the coach believes he is ready, so be it. If it takes a few gamed, or evena full season, that is ok as long as he eventually becomes a good QB. 

And who knows? Maybe if he starts as a rookie they win that Super Bowl. There’s been plenty of guys like Manning and Aikman who took bumps early and looked bad and ended up playing great. I’m a believer in live experience. 

[Wundrbread33]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

He should have been.

He is probably the best qb drafted in the last 20 years, probably better than Stroud or Young and was a top 10 pick. And didn't start for a year.

 

If the coach believes he is ready, so be it. If it takes a few gamed, or evena full season, that is ok as long as he eventually becomes a good QB. 

This is more than reasonable, but this place will shout “bust” if the rookie doesn’t start right away, and perform immediately like an elite QB. 
 

It is always entertaining.