Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
He's a lot like TL in that they were both very young and #3 overall. Difference is TL went to a Rolls Royce org and Darnold went to a clown car. TL had his big year to show what he could do and got hurt early on, so he gets an incomplete DNF grade. We all saw BP was killing it with this roster / talent. I haven't seen much of TL as he hasn't played much. I have seen more of Darnold, cuz he's played more, and I think he could do well with this stacked roster, you know who agrees.. KS and JL, that's why they hired him..
So wait holding on…you're telling me for a guy to develop having him on a GOOD roster with GOOD coaching can help? But I was told otherwise. I was told a young QB can't play and develop on a good roster because they're trying to win a Super Bowl??
It's been years a for Darnold with multiple coaching staffs and on different teams…there are things that he himself could have improved upon regardless of the roster around him…footwork is his deal. Understanding coverages is his deal. He hasn't improved there after 1,800 passing attempts.
You're missing the crux of the discussion.. many guys who played the game and coached the game are on record, this was part of the Martz take also, a losing org has more leeway to start an inexperienced QB and let him develop.. you are developing the whole team, everyone is taking their lumps and the team is losing games. See Chicago Bears 2022 as an example. The season was bad but they got pick 1, turned it into a haul and Fields was looking like a superstar. Or T Lawrence 2021 and 2022.
A team with the champ window open has less leeway to play a QB who isn't giving the best immediate chance to win games, and let him take his lumps. That's the rationale expressed..
The distinction is what is best for the player, and what is best for the team, and those things aren't the same. KS explicitly came out and said TL isn't playing year 1, at least not starting all year, he wanted the bridge QB while TL sits KC style scenario. So KS clearly thought it best for TL to sit year 1, develop from the bench.
KS isn't playing games right now imo if he thinks BP is giving the best chance to win that's who plays. It's about what's in the best interest of the team, not about salvaging one guy on a 53 man roster. Good chance TL starts and does well, but he has to earn it.