GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to NFL@lemmy.world · 5 months ago[Rapoport] The #Vikings list QB Sam Darnold as the starter on their initial depth chart, not a surprise.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareBanzai51linkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoPeople have inflated expectations for rookie QBs since CJ Stroud set the world on fire his rookie year. People forget QBs like Peyton Manning struggled in his rookie year.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThat doesn’t mean they shouldn’t play. (Peyton didn’t break because he started bad.) That experience matters. And the practices matter, because there aren’t enough in-season reps to develop the rookie as the backup.
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People have inflated expectations for rookie QBs since CJ Stroud set the world on fire his rookie year. People forget QBs like Peyton Manning struggled in his rookie year.
That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t play. (Peyton didn’t break because he started bad.)
That experience matters. And the practices matter, because there aren’t enough in-season reps to develop the rookie as the backup.