Originally posted by NinerGM:
Originally posted by Nastastical:
This makes zero sense. Cousins wasn't Cousins right away either. He was pretty bad early in his career too and that was also to be expected considering how complex an offense KS runs.
CJ is starting because of poor play by Hoyer and an injury by Jimmy, not because he's ready. Even with being thrown into the fire, he's still showing that he can be a quality player in this league one day. His biggest weakness is he's not at a point yet where he can make quick decisions with the football... guess what? most young QB's have that exact same problem. It wasn't until recently where a young QB got thrown in as a starter before sitting for a couple seasons and learning. Hell, there are first round QB's who struggled way more than our 3rd round QB.
I know this and is the point I'm making is this; when you're in STARTING a rebuild, you do NOT take a project player in the 3rd round. You don't take a player who's not going to be able to help you win consistently. It's time to review the 2017 draft and that's what this is about. I'm well aware that Cousins wasn't "Cousins" when he started but he was taken with the luxury of not being the starter for a team not needing a complete and total rebuild at almost every position. I'm taking a QB when you tell me "we're not going to mortgage our future" with the implication that draft picks are soooooooo precious, you expect good starters with most of them, especially, especially a 3rd rounder.
When did drafting a player in the 3rd round equal a guaranteed starter? You make it sound like if we took another position that this player would already be a solid contributor.
Drafting QB's in round 3-5 has always been the rounds where you try and develop someone to start for you down the road. CJ is only starting because he has to right now.
It is way too soon to throw in the towel on CJ because he was thrown into the fire early in his career because something unforeseen happened to our starter.