I don't know who his agent is, but Gaines and maybe even Ross should have a Come To God meeting with him since his own earnings depend on Rosen not washing out. The agent should put a stop to social media, and manage him on a regular basis including having him not speak his mind so freely. As far as learning, Rosen is allegedly very smart, respects intelligence so I don't think there will be a problem cueing to Fitzpatrick and taking mentoring from Caldwell so there's that too.
Great points.
Someone needs to figure out how to reach Rosen, and if that is a Come To God meeting, then that's what needs to be done. The talent is there, but like RG3, Jeff George, Jay Cutler, Ryan Leaf, etc., its the mindset and attitude that need to get with the program. If we can reach him, the kid has the talent. You're right, the first step is probably to prevent him from being his own worst enemy on social media. Winning the team's hearts and minds is hard enough, but it never helps to lose the fans hearts and minds too.
The intelligence aspect is the best thing about this situation. According to multiple reports pre-draft, the NFL researchers all said Rosen tends to get bored if he isn't intellectually challenged, and our offense is one of the most demanding of the QB in all of the NFL, so this is about as challenging as the NFL gets intellectually, and it provides Rosen with the most control over his own production of any offense in the NFL today. He makes the line calls, the audibles, everything. It's truly all on him, he needs to study it all and master it all. Very few QB's have the mental horsepower to run this offense, but he is one of them. We offer a very rare opportunity, and possibly even unique as the Patriots position isn't available. If Rosen needs a mental challenge, this is it, and he needs us as much as we need him.
Fitzpatrick knows he's at the tail end of his career, and I doubt he'll be too pushy against Rosen. More likely he'll try to help the kid develop and hope to pass the torch to him as Fitzmagic fades into the cushy job of a backup QB. If it doesn't work out, we have incentive to keep Fitzmagic to train the next young QB. If he doesn't train Rosen, we'll likely get rid of both of them. So it should be a good QB room with these two in it. The stage is set for Rosen to succeed.
We're building a good OL, and Michael Deiter is a good start. He picks up stunts and twists well, so he'll complement Tunsil on the left side in pass protection. Deiter can also be a backup LT if Tunsil gets injured. Most importantly, Deiter is a mauler who can make sure we open run lanes when the defenses start stacking against the pass. IMHO, our left side is now set. That's good news for Rosen's blindside, as he didn't react well to pressure last year. We're building a team around him.
