Perhaps Zac Taylor had enough on his plate without solving the age-old problem of NFL quarterback development.
Or perhaps even the Cincinnati Bengals head coach knew that his success picking Joe Burrow first overall was not necessarily indicative of a greater trend, that one human’s experience cannot always be superimposed onto the next with expectations of the same result.
Either way, Taylor was not interested in delving into the challenge facing the six teams carrying first-round rookie quarterbacks on their rosters this year.
He’s not the head coach of the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings or Denver Broncos.
So Taylor bowed out when asked how teams should handle their debuts.
“There’s a lot of decisions that have to be made there,” he said during training camp. “And that’s not my problem.”
Thank goodness, coaches with quarterback answers say, that’s not their problem.
NFL teams devote hundreds of millions of dollars and dozens of employees’ long hours to determining who should fill the most impactful spot on their roster.
But merely drafting a talented quarterback is no guaranteed elixir.
Teams must decide when to start the quarterback they drafted and under what circumstances. They must project and take risks and hope that their bet pans out. Oftentimes, it doesn’t.
“It’s still a million-dollar question — nobody really knows the answer,” Marc Trestman, who spent eight seasons as an offensive coordinator and two more as Chicago Bears head coach, told Yahoo Sports. “An investment for the next decade that will determine the longevity of the head coaches and general managers and so forth.”
As quarterbacks flew off the draft board in record time this spring, Yahoo Sports set out to determine: When do coaches and executives across the league believe it’s the “right” time to start a first-round rookie quarterback? And what factors influence the likelihood of success?
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-10-11 18:03:34
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