NFL Week 15 thread

And they all succeed wildly.

 

And of those guys with early success, how many are still successful?

Ryan, Stafford, Newton, Dalton (sort of), Luck, Wilson. A very good percentage, actually.

But Sanchez, Freeman, Bradford, Kaepernick and Griffin (and at times Dalton) aren't looking like such great choices anymore.

 

That last group has faded, yes, but they all had SOME level of success that justified the decision to start them early. Even Freeman had two great seasons before his career went full-on Hindenburg.

 

Demarco Murray has a broken bone in his left hand and will need surgery. He's not being ruled out for Sunday's game against the Colts.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...urgery-for-broken-bone-in-hand-200106872.html

 

Just an FYI heading into that game -- Dallas hasn't scored more than 17 points at home since Oct. 19. And if the Cowboys lose and Philadelphia wins (against Washington), the Eagles once again have the NFC East lead by virtue of the better division record tiebreaker.

 

So your argument is what? QB's are not better prepared these days? All those QB's that apprenticed were so successful?

 

4 plays, 2 turnovers.

Bears and Saints done gonna play a special one in the fog.

 

I'm not making an argument. There is no trend. Some QBs get thrown in right away, some sit. Some succeed, some fail. There's no right or wrong way to do it. Each player and situation is a separate circumstance.

Same as it ever was.

 

Does ESPN have Aaron Kromer miked for this game? That would be pretty cool right about now.

 

I'm not making an argument. There is no trend. Some QBs get thrown in right away, some sit. Some succeed, some fail. There's no right or wrong way to do it. Each player and situation is a separate circumstance.

Same as it ever was.

 

The argument is that we had a remarkable extended run of NFL-ready quarterbacks — and ready to succeed at a high level, not just be competent starters — which shifted the thinking of GMs and coaches that that was the way of the future. Now we've had one terrible QB draft class (2013) and one that might be average at best (2014), along with a market correction on some of those earlier successes. Eventually teams will start to examine why their young quarterbacks aren't succeeding en masse like they did a few years ago and they'll shift course again.

 

Some awful fucking football here.

Jennifer Garner's Capital One commercials have more thrust.