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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
I call bullshit on this "given half a season to perform" bullshit.
If you have talent, you get more time.
Ask Matt Schaub, Trent Edwards and David Garrard, as some examples.
Guys like Bulger and Hasselebeck bounced around, but got their chance. They kept showing enough to stick around, and not wash out of the league completely.
Guys like Chris Simms and Brodie Croyle would have gotten several seasons had they been able to stay healthy.
You're making excuses.
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They're not excuses. You throw out a statistic claiming for an absolute fact that first round QBs succeed at a higher rate, but you leave out the part about how they are given a ton more opportunities than a lower-round pick will get.
Like I said, yes, first round picks would succeed at a higher rate no matter what. But leaving out the part about how almost every first round QB is guaranteed to start at least 2-3 years if they stay healthy means that the claim is highly exaggerated. You're comparing apples to oranges--you're comparing guys who were given opportunities to guys who have not.