Sorry but you comments clearly show your ignorance of the facts of his rookie season.
His numbers were on a par with fellow top ten picks Sam Darnold & Josh Allen...despite being in the worst situation a rookie could land in.
By mid season all five starting O-lineman were on IR...and he didn’t start till game 4....as a result he was sacked more than any QB in the league...15 more times than any other rookie.... under constant pressure.
His OC was fired early on... and he had a rookie OC.
The Cardinals were a mess and no one could have saved that team... look at the Packers record last year with Aaron Rodgers...you can’t do it alone, a pocket passer has to have a line.
Granted... he still has to prove he can win, but to suggest he sucked is more than unfair to say the least.
I saw a helluva passer when he had some time...the healthiest his team was came in his first game early on, he nearly upset Seattle... if his receivers had not dropped so many passes... and his coaches hadn’t bridled him I think he would have pulled it out.
No ignorance of the adversity he faced in AZ on my part, really. I have seen this show before. Rosen and Tannehill’s NFL stories are very similar. I am one of the biggest advocates of QB protection and coaching stability on this site. I dare say if Miami had successfully shored up the OL and coaching, Tannehill may still be the QB here. The FO didn’t do that, leading to injury and tons of potential never truly realized. In the end Tannehill had to go because Miami was never going to be able to provide what he needed for success and he didn’t have what it took to overcome.
Enter Rosen. A kid who was unsuccessful facing very similar adversity as Tannehill, coming to a team with many questions on the OL, poor TE play, spotty running game, an undersized WR core coming off significant injuries, one perpetually injured WR and a rookie head coach. How is this much different than what he had in AZ? Even if Rosen has what it takes, will it even matter in Miami? This is why his results in AZ are 100% relevant and should not be written off.
As to Rosen performing about the same as Darnold and Allen, I wouldn’t really consider that a good thing, as the only QB to impress last year was Mayfield. At best, Darnold and Allen have shown a few flashes, but were lackluster overall. Tannehill and even Henne had done as much.
I do find the willingness of fans to suddenly ignore the QB’s culpability in a bad season due to other team weaknesses rather humorous, especially after the last seven years of doing the exact opposite on this site. I am willing to give Rosen a chance, but the gushing over him and the “next Marino” comments are just ridiculous. Can we tone it down a bit until he at least takes one snap in a real game?
