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Tom Brady has talked a lot about how teams are doing such a disservice to young QBs by expecting them to step immediately into QB1 roles rather than taking time to help them learn systems in detail and develop the tools to succeed.

Steve Young also espouses the leadership and mental aspects required to be a successful QB.

The 49er's won last night, a little surprising, you know what else is surprising? Mac Jones. Who would have thought when the patriots put Joe Judge a special teams coach, as a QB coach, the QB trying to learn the NFL would struggle.

Jones and Saleh are making their cases to be considered as starter/HC again in the near term.

On paper, SF shouldn't be 5-2, but despite resembling a MASH unit, they haven't quit, and that credit goes to the players are coaching staff.
 
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The 49er's won last night, a little surprising, you know what else is surprising? Mac Jones....

49ers may have a problem when Purdy returns....but there are certainly teams that are desperate for a decent QB, so there will be opportunities elsewhere for Jones...or Purdy
 
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49ers may have a problem when Purdy returns....but there are certainly teams that are desperate for a decent QB, so there will be opportunities elsewhere for Jones...or Purdy

If I were an owner I wouldn't take that deal unless Shanahan, or his offense, came along with one of them.

Both seem to be pretty good but I'm pretty sure the system in SF is a huge part of their success.
 
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If I were an owner I wouldn't take that deal unless Shanahan, or his offense, came along with one of them.
Aye. Shanahan isn't regarded as a QB whisperer, but I believe he is. Back when he was QB coach for the Texans, Matt Schaub played like above average QB, eventually becoming a Pro Bowl MVP. After Shanahan, left and Schaub went full derp mode.

Purdy fits Shanahan's offense like a glove. I don't think he would be as successful playing for someone else. Jones, I can see him playing well in another system. The Patriots did him dirty by having a special teams coach teaching him how to QB.
 
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49ers may have a problem when Purdy returns....but there are certainly teams that are desperate for a decent QB, so there will be opportunities elsewhere for Jones...or Purdy

Purdy just signed a $250M deal, so he's not going anywhere.

I think Jones signed a 2-year deal, so if he goes anywhere, it would be via trade.

But he proves just how valuable a good backup QB is. Teams like Baltimore are paying the price for not having one this season.

And there's always the possibility that he'll be needed if Purdy gets injured again.
 
That absolutely IS the reality check to apply!
Yep, I had a friend give me this piece of advise. It doesn't matter if your team wins or loses, you still have to wake up in the morning and go to work, where as the professional player gets to play golf when his season ends.

I don't lose sleep, or stress over how good or bad my team is
 
putting any feelings about the players' income aside....the Viking have a QB problem, and it may not get any better this season
 
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I dunno, not a Vikings fan, but I'm still excited to see what McCarthy can do down the line.

Yeah, maybe, when he's able to play again, but currently he's not doing anything but watching....that's part of the problem

The problem exists only where Wentz plays

At the moment he's only been playing because they don't have another experienced backup....that's another part of their problem.
 
Yep, I had a friend give me this piece of advise. It doesn't matter if your team wins or loses, you still have to wake up in the morning and go to work, where as the professional player gets to play golf when his season ends.

I don't lose sleep, or stress over how good or bad my team is
That's great advice, but aren't you a Patriots fan? It isn't like you have had it hard. ;)
 
Maybe, but I would say 6 freaking superbowls and now a new QB STUD in Drake Maye more than offsets.
:D. I know you're right - but growing up with such crap teams capped off by stumbling backwards into perhaps the worst Super Bowl blowout in history (XX against the 'Super Bowl Shuffle' Bears) really set a tone that stuck with me well past the first 3 super bowls the Pats won in the early 00s.

The Browns could magically win 10 Super Bowls in the next 25 years and people who are 18 now would STILL have the sinking feeling with every loss that THIS is the end.
 
I wonder how history might have been different if not for the Tuck Rule. Would Brady and the Pats followed the same path?

I remember watching at the time and reacting the way Harry Vanderspiegel of Resident Alien did…that is some BS.

(Sorry to dredge that up, Raiders fans)
 
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I wonder how history might have been different if not for the Tuck Rule. Would Brady and the Pats followed the same path?

I feel like that moment is the ultimate turning point for the Patriots ... we'd been there before, seen it all happen - heck we'd even come out on top before and stumbled backwards undeservingly into the '86 Super Bowl. So personally watching that I thought that was the end, was happy that it wasn't, and ultimately just hoped it would be a competitive losing Super Bowl against the 'Greatest Show on Turf'
 
I wonder how history might have been different if not for the Tuck Rule. Would Brady and the Pats followed the same path?
Most people believe, there would not be a dynasty if it wasn't for that, but by the same token, if the team changed very little, why would thy not win any other super bowls - It was a seminal moment to be sure but how much life would have changed is debatable imo
 
Most people believe, there would not be a dynasty if it wasn't for that, but by the same token, if the team changed very little, why would thy not win any other super bowls - It was a seminal moment to be sure but how much life would have changed is debatable imo
By the same token, I often wonder what would have happened if Norwood had made the FG in SB XXV. Would the Bills go on to win 4 consecutive SB? Wide right was a pivotal moment in NFL history.
 
Most people believe, there would not be a dynasty if it wasn't for that, but by the same token, if the team changed very little, why would thy not win any other super bowls - It was a seminal moment to be sure but how much life would have changed is debatable imo

My fuzzy recollection is that Brady, a late round pick, only got the opportunity to start because due to Bledsoe's injury. I don't recall when that occurred, or how many games Brady played after taking the helm.

Was Bledsoe done even if the Pats had not won the Tuck game?
 
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