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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
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.
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Uh, look at the list in my post.
There are plenty of late round guys that are getting, or have gotten plenty of time.
You're trying to say that all late round picks get 6 games max to show something, and that's absolute bullshit.
You also seem to be implying that is every late round slapdick was given 3 years to prove himself, the numbers would be different.
I'm not buying it.
You can give a guy like Jeff Smoker 10 years, and he's never going to turn into Peyton Manning.
All you've done in the meantime is waste 9 years.