Aaron Rodgers Failing To Inspire Confidence (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

Everyone in the 49ers organization must want to commit suicide.

Edit: The Silver & Black took the legendary Fabian Washington ONE PICK before Rodgers was selected.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NFL_Draft

That's an ugly top 10 in hindsight. Carlos Rogers is the pick of the litter.

Count the number of teams above where he was picked who would desperately love to have him right now. I got about a dozen.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

Sounds like another Drew Brees to me.

Bullseye!

Best thing about the post is that it was made BEFORE Brees' first season in New Orleans. Team Legacy = Nostradamus.

 

[Jersey35]

This is the best resurrected post yet.

Bloom

Stuart

Luv ya guys!

I'm sure Chase can defend himself, but, to be clear: Chase was defending Rodgers by advocating patience.

 

[krsone21]

Everyone in the 49ers organization must want to commit suicide.

Edit: The Silver & Black took the legendary Fabian Washington ONE PICK before Rodgers was selected.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NFL_Draft

Please, don't remind me. Look at the bright side a few short years later we drafted JaMarcus Russell.

 

[Man in the yellow hat]

Bump up Ingle Martin folks.

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:( - pending what we hear about him in camp and during the year.
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Yep. He has the tools, in my opinion. And I get the impression that Rodgers' doesn't have a very firm grasp on the backup job. With a little quarterback mentoring, which I hear McCarthy is good at, I think Ingle Martin can give Rodgers a run for his money.

Holy crap, did I really say this?

 

[John 14:6]

Everyone in the 49ers organization must want to commit suicide.

Edit: The Silver & Black took the legendary Fabian Washington ONE PICK before Rodgers was selected.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NFL_Draft

That's an ugly top 10 in hindsight. Carlos Rogers is the pick of the litter.

Count the number of teams above where he was picked who would desperately love to have him right now. I got about a dozen.

Ugh, the Vikings passed on him TWICE to pick Troy Williamson and Erasmus James

 

[J Andersson]

Well, it's of course easy to point at projections a few years afterwards but...

I think the "Aaron Rodgers-example" clearly highlights how a team can be rewarded if they are patient enough to let their quarterback develop behind a proven starter instead of throwing him right in there from the start. Granted, Rodgers has special tools but a quarterback always needs to refine his skills and develop before fully adopting to the pro level.

If you're looking for long-term success in the NFL you need solid play from the QB spot we all know that.

In order to make the transition from new to old QB rather seamless the teams needs to give the young guys the chance to develop their skills behind a veteran.

If adopting that theory it is my belief that NFL teams would have a higher success-rate at developing quarterbacks. Not everyone will be as good as Aaron Rodgers, cause he might be a special one, but in my opinion they would be better on average than the young guys are now.

You could of course make a case for rookie starters like Flacco, Ryan, Sanchez and Freeman (the latter didn't start immediately) being succesful lately. I still feel there's not enough evidence to fully judge their success. I think a case could also being made for them hitting their ceiling earlier since they haven't been able to learn the craft from a seasoned veteran. There are also several examples like Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith, David Klingler, Heath Shuler, Tim Couch, David Carr, Joey Harrington and several others that were thrown to the wolves too early. Taking the easy route would be saying that they were not good selections (and they weren't of course) but that does not diminish the fact that maybe they needed a little more time to develop. Most of those guys would not have been in Aaron Rodgers class if afforded a little time but I'm guessing at least someone on that list could have been at least serviceable if teams would have been more patient and had a plan for dealing with QB-succession.

 

[-jb-]

This thread should teach us never to be too quick judging a young QB.

Wonder what Ingle Martin is up to these days.

Martin is currently the head football coach at Christ Prebyterian Academy, a private school located in Nashville, Tennessee, where his wife also serves as the varsity softball coach.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingle_Martin

 

[Fensalk]

The Patriots found Matt Cassel in round 7, and developed him into a productive QB. Bet they can't do that again.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Another Jeff Tedford inspired:

 

[Raider Nation]

This thread should teach us never to be too quick judging a young QB.

Wonder what Ingle Martin is up to these days.

Martin is currently the head football coach at Christ Prebyterian Academy, a private school located in Nashville, Tennessee, where his wife also serves as the varsity softball coach.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingle_Martin

I wasn't actually wondering.

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

So in the end they both went godmode.

 

[Sinrman]

Whew! Glad I didn't look foolish in this thread...