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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
The bigger issue is that teams who draft in the top 5 tend to be awful and have no supporting cast around the new guy. Sam Darnold got blown up in New York exactly because they didn’t have the means to protect him and he saw ghosts. A Pat Mahomes on the other hand got to not only sit for a year and watch a vet (a 1st overall pick no less) but had a team around him and a good coach, etc.
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What the Seahawks and Rams have shown us is that if you build a strong team, you can acquire a QB who's good enough to win. It's much harder to do it the other way around.
Most QBs have a hard time adjusting to the NFL game. Guys who have played their whole life in shotgun are having to learn how to work under center 30-40% of their snaps. Guys who have always been the most athletic person on the field have to adjust to playing against defensive linemen who can run them down. Guys who are used to dumping off screens for big yards have to learn how to manage the narrower hash marks. RPO guys have to make quicker decisions because of the NFL's tighter rules about linemen blocking downfield on pass plays. All that's in addition to the faster pass rush, tighter throwing windows, and better disguised coverages.