NFL Execs Question Roquan Smith's Positional Value..........
May 3, 2018 10:12:20 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 10:12:20 GMT -6
I think the new rookie wage scale has a lot to do with this. Yes, its a passing league now and having a QB is of the utmost importance...but thats not really all that new. However what is new is that if you draft a QB high now you don't have to pay them 70 plus mill guaranteed anymore, so if they bust it only sets you back talent wise whereas in the past it set you back talent wise and financially. I think that if there weren't a rookie wage scale none of these QB's would have gone in the top 5...there's simply too many questions about them. Teams are willing to take more of a risk now on those guys.
**Goff is the perfect example. HC/OC uses the whole play clock to talk to him, going through reads and even identifying the DEF, blitzers and hot reads. This changes Goff from a read and react QB to a do as you are told. Funny was when this came out, media was appalled. Until other QBs and teams admitted that they do that as well. Its scheming around the limitations of a young QB.
Colleges no longer see themselves as NFL farm teams needing to turn out pro-style offensive players so the NFL HC and GM either have to accept longer cycles to convert rookies to NFL style play OR they convert to simpler college style schemes so they can plug and play their draftees much faster.
IIRC Sam Bradford was one of the last #1 overall pick who got a huge contract which stifled AZ because he never lived up to his billing. Teams are winning now with lesser QBs and those who do have more recent 1st round picks as starters have learned to build around what they can do not around some 10 year old outdated schemes that fail to produce because they don't suit the strengths of their QBs and other key offensive players.
We've finally seemed to have passed through that portal into 21st century NFL football which is much different than what we've been accustomed to seeing from the Bears. Thank God for that because I finally feel like I may be able to watch entire games again.