Brett Farve, Aaron Rodgers, are just a couple off the top of my head that took more than 2 years to blossom. Rodgers was drafted in 2005 but didn't become the starter until 2008. Look at his early stats, very unimpressive.
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Now here are the QB's taken in the first rounds of 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.
2006
#3: Vince Young (Texas), Tennessee Titans #10: Matt Leinart (USC), Arizona Cardinals #11: Jay Cutler (Vanderbilt), Denver Broncos
2007
#1: JaMarcus Russell (LSU), Oakland Raiders #22: Brady Quinn (Notre Dame), Cleveland Browns
2008
#3: Matt Ryan (Boston College), Atlanta Falcons #18: Joe Flacco (Delaware), Baltimore Ravens
2009
#1: Matthew Stafford (Georgia), Detroit Lions #5: Mark Sanchez (USC), New York Jets #17: Josh Freeman (Kansas State), Tampa Bay Buccaneers
EVERY first QB taken was touted as a "sure thing" same applies to every draft since. There's always the consensus on who the top QB is and many teams and fans froth at the mouth to get him. Looking back do you think the Packers were happy they stuck with their convictions in lieu of taking the next sure thing? I bet they are. It would have been easy for them to jump ship and take the next great one after those early results but they gave it more than a year. There are some decent QB's on that list but none that rise to the level of Aaron Rogers. So many here are ready to toss Rosen overboard and use the example of his first year with the Cardinals as proof he isn't the answer. They're calling him a bust already, and he's only one year removed from his rookie season on a terrible team. They may be right or they may be wrong, only time will tell, but this why you need to stick with him and not panic and take a QB next year. Is Tua the next Rodgers or the next Leinart? No way of knowing until he plays but as history shows the ODDS are he'll be closer to Leinhart than Rodgers in overall results, that's just the odds of it. Every year has its top hyped stud QB in the eyes of the draft prognosticators and fans but very few turn out to be such in the end.