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Originally Posted by cdcox
I agree, but you would need two or three years to sort through each crop. Give them all playing experience in their first year in proportion to their initial perceived value. In season 2 you would refine it with more playing time being given to top performers and so on. I don't think any of them would get better just sitting on the bench. I also don't think you can just play a rookie week after week without working on fundamentals. I think that alternating playing time and prolonged periods to work on fundamentals without the pressure of getting ready to play a game would be the way to get the most of out of a prospect. You probably need a couple of good QB coaches too.
NFL teams don't seem to do much to develop and nurture young QB talent.
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Good point. Given the argument that QBs learn best on the bench their first couple of years (and giving them proportionate playing time as you suggest), you might even increase the value of some of these players as they learn. You could have an NFL franchise that not only competes, but also runs a side business of grooming and trading QBs outside the conference, which could then be used to draft other positions once that franchise QB is in place.
And yeah, I'd have a legion of QB coaches. They're peanuts in terms of total cost. Rookie QBs would be begging to get drafted by Quarterback University.