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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
No 3rd round QB would EVER get the amount of time to develop that Eli Manning got. I understand the reasons why. But if they don't get the same opportunities, it's not a fair comparison to say that a 3rd round pick is 100 times less likely to succeed than a 1st round QB.
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Nonsense.
Trent Edwards is getting "time" to develop. Brodie Croyle was given "time to develop". Jeff Hostetler was given "time to develop". Chris Redman was finally cut by Baltimore but won some games for Atlanta in 2007. Chris Simms ring a bell?
The bottom line is that you're confusing "time to develop" with first round talent, meaning that Manning was ready to play immediately. Sure, he made mistakes but he wasn't so far behind the curve that he held back the team from competing.
And in year four, he won a Super Bowl. So I'd say that the decision to start him mid-way into his rookie year paid off handsomely.
Because bottom line: Is that why they play the game? To win the Super Bowl?