I'm excited and very very pleased with RT's performances thus far. But I guess I'm in the minority because I feel he still stares down his receivers too much to start. Sure, by all means, rotate him into some time with the 1's against the opponent's 1's, he has earned a higher level test. But, one hurdle that needs to be overcome is tunnelvision. Until he stops locking on to his receivers, I am going to preach cautiousness.
To me, the two skills that separate good collegiate QB's from good NFL QB's are:
1) Accuracy - the ability to consistently hit a tight window where and when the ball needs to be placed, and
2) Read & React - the ability to pre-snap read the defense, monitor as multiple receivers get open, work through your progressions, assess whether/when your receiver is going to win, avoid the INT and rush and make the right decision. Sure, that's a lot, but usually the people that can do do it are the guys who succeed.
It's great to have size, arm strength, a quick release, leadership, etc., but we have seen a lot of successful NFL QB's without one or more of these. Theismann and Pennington were not the epitome of size and arm strength, but both were productive NFL QB's. Time and time again I see people with superior physical makeup falter where people with accuracy and read & react skills succeed. I believe RT has accuracy, and he seems to have the building blocks for read & react skills. I don't want to see him lose confidence by pushing him out there before he develops that skill a tad more.
That's my $0.02
