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Originally Posted by HotCarl
If the QB sucks year 1, he'll get a year 2. The team invested a #1 pick in him. Even JaMarcus Russell got a second year.
How often do #1 overall QBs get dumped after an underwhelming second year? Isn't going to happen.
If he sucked the second year, the third year there'd be idle talk about competition, maybe a veteran brought in to 'push' or 'motivate' him. But the team would slog through another year hoping to turn him into a system QB or get some pennies back for their dollar.
A #1 overall is going to get 3 years easily, and if he doesn't work out, you've got to start over drafting another one. If your next one hits, it's probably year 5 before you're ready again.
All the while, there's a pretty well proven commodity available for a second, third, possibly free.
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The SAME THING would happen with Alex Smith. If they bring him in to start, he'll get THREE YEARS, minimum.
It's amazing that Matt Cassel JUST HAPPENED and some people act like it's a distant memory.