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Henry McKenna
AFC East Reporter
Six NFL teams are trying to figure out what to do with their rookie quarterback.
That’s because the 2024 NFL Draft featured a record six quarterbacks selected in the top 12 picks: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Michael Penix Jr., J.J. McCarthy and Bo Nix. The next QB didn’t go until the fifth round. Now, the Bears, Commanders, Patriots, Falcons, Vikings and Broncos are wrestling with tough questions.
Is our guy ready to start from Day 1?
What if he’s not ready?
Or, worse, what if the guys around him aren’t ready to support him?
Should we keep him off the field? For how long?
The right answers can win Super Bowls. An error gets people fired.
The Bears and Commanders have more or less made their decisions. Their rookies will start. The other four teams are going to spend the next few weeks — and maybe the entire season — deliberating over the right moment to start their rookie.
Take Maye, for example. He has been occasionally sensational in Patriots training camp but has overall been outplayed by journeyman Jacoby Brissett.
To complicate matters, New England’s offensive line has been shoddy and its pass-catchers have had difficulty separating. It’s one thing to ask whether Maye is ready for the top offensive unit. It’s another thing entirely to ask whether that offensive unit is ready for Maye.
Drake Maye struggles in Patriots camp
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And that’s just one example of the complications that come from this potentially franchise-altering question: When do you start your rookie quarterback?
We asked coaches and general managers who have lived through it. In conversations with Pete Carroll, Andy Reid, Jim Mora, Mike Tanenbaum and Brian Callahan, NFL decision-makers past and present broke down how to get a franchise’s most important call right.
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Publish date : 2024-08-13 12:58:33
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