Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud had to “scratch and claw through life,” growing up with tough experiences in Los Angeles, and he's eternally grateful for the lessons it taught him.
If CJ Stroud goes on to be a top QB in the league, the NFL is going to change soooo much. I can’t count the number of times I see a rookie struggling and people respond with “no good QB is ever good their first year”. The leash will get a lot shorter for players down the road. It’s going to be tougher to justify keeping a struggling rookie by comparing his stats to Peyton Manning’s rookie stats.
I don’t think this will pan out because there’s literally just not enough quality QBs available to churn through one every single year if they aren’t immediately good. The NFL is already tough to watch with close to 20 teams having below average or outright bad QB play this year. And each draft only has at most 3 or 4 of the kinds of QBs that can start week 1 without everyone calling you crazy.
If CJ Stroud goes on to be a top QB in the league, the NFL is going to change soooo much. I can’t count the number of times I see a rookie struggling and people respond with “no good QB is ever good their first year”. The leash will get a lot shorter for players down the road. It’s going to be tougher to justify keeping a struggling rookie by comparing his stats to Peyton Manning’s rookie stats.
I don’t think this will pan out because there’s literally just not enough quality QBs available to churn through one every single year if they aren’t immediately good. The NFL is already tough to watch with close to 20 teams having below average or outright bad QB play this year. And each draft only has at most 3 or 4 of the kinds of QBs that can start week 1 without everyone calling you crazy.
But how else will people compare stats with no context?
This is a on going trend with qbs like Herbert and josh Rosen for teams insta moving on from the qb year1