Because you are making a huge leap. Fine if last years drafts produces 3 elite qbs than it will be one of the best ever but I see no indications thats whats happening. Cam looks great but is not an elite qb yet. He's not on the level of Brees, Brady, Manning, Rodgers or Rivers. Maybe he gets there but right now he isnt. Andy Dalton maybe starting for Cincy but hes not doing anything special. Cincy has the top rated D in the league and still they are not top team. All the other qbs are riding pine. I see nothing to say that any of them will be an elite qb.
The reason we are 0-4 is because we have an incompetant coach who makes coaching blunder after coaching blunder, our defense is abysmal, our FO built one of the worst lines in the NFL, our number 1 WR drops touchdown after touchdown, and oh by the way 3 of the 4 teams we played are pretty damn good too. Couple of them are actual superbowl contenders. If we would of drafted a qb his first game starting might of been against the jets.
Honestly? Thats your expectation for rookie quarterbacks? If they dont play up to Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady's level then its a waste of time? They've played 4 games and you are saying this class is unworthy because they can't be compared to former Superbowl MVP's?
Whats even more laughable is the majority of the players you listed under "elite" took multiple years to attain that status. Tom Brady sat out as a rookie, Manning's rookie year was a statistical nightmare, Rodgers and Rivers warmed the bench for years, and Brees didn't have a good year until right before his contract was up. But hey, this class can't be considered great because Newton and Dalton aren't putting up the numbers of potential hall of famers.
And of all the incompetant measures our coach and front office have done,
not properly fixing the quarterback position isn't among them? This is year 4 of this regime, we are expected to compete against teams like the Texans and Chargers. We only scored a touchdown per game against them. Quarterback play is a huge part of that. If we had a franchise quarterback, Marshall dropping a pass or two a game wouldn't be that big of a deal, because we knew we could rely on our quarterback to cover up a mistake or two. As it is right now, the minute we make a mistake the team gives up. What is considered common place mistake or two for other NFL teams is crippling for us.
This quarterback class was just as good, if not better, then other classes. Not correctly identifying the problem(which has become common for this regime) was a huge mistake. For rookie quarterbacks you really want them to show growth and potential, you want to see them make less mistakes at the end of the season than they did at the beginning. Cam Newton and Andy Dalton have both played admirably and have shown alot of potential. Its not inconcievable that one or two of the other
4 prospects could step up as well.
Miami decided to pass on that. Now we are only scoring a touchdown a game
and we lost our quarterback. This regime had a chance to fix their mistake and didnt, so now the next regime will have to do it right this time.
