I'm look at that completely differently, I think quarterbacks need to be worked in, even high picks. You're drafting a franchise quarterback with an eye more on what you expect him to be 3 or 4 years down the road, and then for a decade after that. You don't throw him in there like tossing a kid into the deep end of a pool. You don't coddle him either, but you do let him grow into the role. Some will be ready to go right off the bat (Ryan), some won't (Rivers).
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