Comments on: Russell Wilson continues the NFL’s rookie movement at quarterback http://www.footballperspective.com/russell-wilson-continues-the-nfls-rookie-movement-at-quarterback/ NFL History and Stats Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richie http://www.footballperspective.com/russell-wilson-continues-the-nfls-rookie-movement-at-quarterback/#comment-861 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:21:15 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=2253#comment-861 I think there are two main factors.

1) More college teams are running pro-style and/or pass-oriented offenses than were doing so 10+ years ago. So perhaps there are just more QB’s that coaches feel are ready to start from day 1.

2) I think due to recent success of guys like Flacco and Ryan, if teams don’t have an obvious good starter with upside, they figure they would just rather go with the rookie.

I guess I thought of a 3rd thing. It might be a chicken-or-egg type of situation. Is it possible that teams are realizing that in order to compete in the NFL these days, they MUST have a good passing game. So if a team has known mediocre QB options (Tarvaris Jackson, Matt Moore, Rex Grossman, etc.), they figure they won’t be able to compete. So they go with the rookie, because it’s possible the rookie will be able to meet the passing needs. Or – has the NFL become a critical passing league BECAUSE more and more young QBs are given the reins?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.footballperspective.com/russell-wilson-continues-the-nfls-rookie-movement-at-quarterback/#comment-856 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:33:27 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=2253#comment-856 Another reason we’re seeing for some of the younger starting QBs is that teams want to develop them. Miami, Tennessee and Cleveland (and possibly Washington and Seattle) know they won’t be that good this year, so they’re throwing young starting QBs in to get them some experience and prepare for when they (hopefully) will be contenders, regardless of whether or no they are the best QB on the roster. Added to the other factors, it’s the move that makes the most sense for several teams: prepare them for the future now. If they can get the rookie mistakes behind them now while your team is bad, they won’t submarine you when you finally get better.

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