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The bust files: How NFL teams break young quarterbacks (The Athletic)archive.is/1cKWp
368 sats \ 4 comments \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 6h Stacker_Sports
Link is a paywall-bypassing one.
Good deep dive with some great quotes from busts and legends alike. Summed up nicely by this bit:
But that’s the job: In no other American enterprise is the face of an organization routinely a 21- or 22- or 23-year-old fresh out of school, thrust into a new city with new bosses and new colleagues and tasked with flipping their fortunes in a little under two years.
Yeah, can't imagine being given anywhere close to real responsibility when I was that age.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 4h
So much potential upside if you hit the jackpot on a young QB so teams will continue to swing for the fences.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @HardMoney 5h
I think one difference here is that these guys have spent their entire life preparing for the role of NFL QB
Especially in the last few years the development system of high school to college to NFL has tons of money pouring into it resulting in the best prospects essentially becoming pros when they are in early teens
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 5h
Sadly, one of the things the piece makes clear is that most pro teams spend no time how to work with those players, and their college systems often prepare them to be great in college, not the pro level.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @HardMoney 5h
Now a days there is such a supply of new guys coming the market rewards you with moving on quickly.
A recipe for success is rookie contract qb + good team. It only makes sense to pay top tier guys like Mahomes, Allen, Lamar, Burrow etc to have consistently great teams. Otherwise better off rolling the dice than paying a mid tier qb top tier money
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