Andre Simone, Henry Chisholm, Justin Michael and Jake Schwanitz do their first official mock draft of the 2022 draft season. They go pick by pick and try to identify players that fill present needs for the various franchises around the league. And they try to determine how the Denver Broncos will use their two picks in the top 50.
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SoundGuy
Why are NFL teams investing 3 years in developing a rookie quarterback? If you look at the first 5 quarterbacks selected in each draft from 2016 to 2020. An average of 2 of 5 per year are deserving of 2nd contracts. If you draft one of the first 5 QBs selected in each draft you have a 40% chance of finding a QB deserving of a 2nd contract. Goff, Wentz, Mahomes, Watson, Baker, Allen, Jackson, Kyler, Burrow, and Herbert.
Of these 10 QBs:
1 regressed (Wentz), 1 didn’t take the next step in his development (Goff), and 1 took 3 years to develop (Allen).
The other 7 QBs had meaningful success in the first or second year. Why are teams of the mindset that they need to give a quarterback 3 years to develop?
Paxton got 3 years before they drafted Drew. Drew is going into his 4th year at quarterback. According to this data set in the last 5 years only 1 in 25 has needed 3 years to develop. Curious your thoughts…
P.S.
Both Allen and Kyler were drafted after the organization recognized a failed QB draft the previous year.