Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:Lance was given certain types of plays/Options.. Lance decided to run more than pass and the rest is history
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
you're not sure cause we all went through this in real time. We needed a big time QB and the chance to try to get one and have the time to sit the rookie QB was exactly that time.
So you didn't get better at QB year 1, and didn't improve your chances to win the SB at that position or elsewhere while expending valuable resources.
You committed to playing and developing the young QB in year 2 which not only didn't improve your SB chances, but made a SB win less likely.
Then there's the obvious point that Lance needed every rep he could get as a QB who effectively played one year at a lower level of college football, and didn't play at all (except for a one game showcase) his final year.
We should also probably note that we had to play Lance a certain way in his brief playing time year 2 in order to maximize our chances to win and he ended up with a catastrophic injury two games in. This hurt his development in two distinct ways and put us right into the position we spent 3 1st round picks and 30+ million to avoid. Think about what year 3 would have looked like without hitting on Purdy.
It was bad for us and Lance, clearly. All of it predictable given how raw of a prospect he was. One of the most ludicrous draft/trade decisions I've seen.
plus that is all hindsight and no one can predict the future.
And the hitting Purdy pick.. you can say that about every pick we drafted. More than not we hit on our picks