Originally posted by JoseCortez:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by a49erfan77:
If anyone knew the best way to develop QBs, we'd have far fewer busts. It is dependent on too many factors to say with any certainty which way is the best.
Well just looking at how numerous NFL teams have been with their 1st rd rookie QBs, it seems like they believe playing helps with development vs sitting.
we will see
To be fair, most of those teams don't have a better option. Who else are the Jets, Patriots, and Jags going to start? The Bears were going with Dalton until he got hurt so it looks like Fields will start.
Cam??
I can see it now.
" niners ruined trey by not playing him!" They sat him for a year and he didn't get any valuable playing time!"
I don't think the 49ers are going to ruin Trey by not playing him. If he's capable of being a good QB, and the team around him is still talented and well coached, then he'll be a good QB whether he sits or not. I just don't think that if he sits this entire year that he'll be as good in year 2 and possibly year 3 as he would have been if he gets some starting experience this year. He'll still get to the same point eventually, it's just a matter of how soon he gets there. That matters when we're in a 4-5 year window to maximize the benefit of having him on a rookie deal.