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Originally Posted by RealSNR
Trent Green said it best.
The team had just drafted Brodie Croyle. The media wanted to know Trent's thoughts. Trent loved KC and the fans, and he was the true leader of the team in the locker room. Surely this selfless guy who wants what's best for the team would be willing to work with the young kid on stuff, right? The media was itching to write its first fan fodder story with some nice quotes from Trent Green.
Know what they basically got in so many words? "**** the kid. If he wants to play in the NFL, he needs to ****ing figure it out. We've got a coaching staff. They'll help him. That's their job. It's not my ****ing job. My job is to play football."
It's not Alex's job to teach the rookie. Something tells me he probably won't make teaching a rookie a priority. If Mahomes or Watson or whoever it is sits next to him on the bench and asks what to do in this situation, Alex can tell him what he did, but he's not required to hold his goddamn hand or quiz him in practice. He doesn't even have to hang out with the guy or like him.
It's a giant myth that veteran QBs teach the young guys who are supposed to replace them eventually on the team, and when they do, just because they're great QBs doesn't make them great teachers.
All that Peyton Manning dick in Brock Assweiler's mouth sure did Brock a ton of good, didn't it? Or Jim Sorgi or Curtis Painter. Boy, those guys looked sharp and wise from all that Manning tutelage, didn't they? And all those Tom Brady backups that have been successful for other teams. They learned by watching and talking with Tom, and now they're doing sooooo well, aren't they?
It's pretty well-known that Brett Favre hated Rodgers' guts, even if he wasn't a total dick to the guy. He didn't exactly "take the guy under his wing." Guess who did? The ****ing coaching staff did.
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You're looking at it wrong. Of course it's the coaching staffs job to develop and train a young player. In regards to learning from a vet, no one is expecting them to try and teach the kid to throw a football, they're expecting him to teach him through his actions. Alex is a locker room guy, he's a study guy, he's a true student of the game. You draft a QB and let him watch Alex Smith, how he prepares for games, how great his work ethic is, how much he watches game film, etc. That's how young QBs learn from great veterans. Every guy drafted to an NFL can throw a football.
But does every rookie drafted know how to truly be a professional to increase his chance of success? No. That's what veterans are for and rookies sitting behind one for s year.