What to expect from NFL second-year QBs: Kenny Pickett, Sam Howell to take biggest jumps in 2023 season?

The 2022 NFL Draft class of quarterbacks was unusual — devoid of a must-have top 10 talent, and the second quarterback wasn’t selected until the third round. Rare. Yet there are four passers from that 2022 draft class set to start this season. 

Let’s look back on these quarterbacks as a prospect, pinpoint what they must improve, how their strengths can be maximized and formulate a projection for their rookie seasons factoring in their supporting casts.

To check out my outlook for the rookie class of quarterbacks, click here.

How he’s improved

This section isn’t exactly fair to these second-year pros because, of course, the leap from college to the NFL almost always comes with growing pains and humbling first-year experiences. 

And, heck, Pickett even experiencing the tiniest possible dip in Turnover-Worthy Play Rate from his final season at Pittsburgh to last season in the NFL is a major win (2.6% to 2.5%). In essence, he took care of the football awesomely for a rookie. A few of the other key quarterback advanced metrics were lower, but not drastically, except for Adjusted Completion Rate (75.3%…

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Author : Chris Trapasso

Publish date : 2023-08-10 14:41:57

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