pass his entire rookie season in garbage time of a loss. He did, however, manage to move up from 4th on the depth chart to 2nd by the end of the season, which was impressive and probably very telling of his potential, but went unnoticed as Bledsoe remained the unquestioned starter at NE.



The argument isn't what does the NFL currently do with rookie QBs cause we all see it. Yes, the current NFL wants their rookies starting Day 1. The argument is whether or not that's actually a good thing for the development of the QB. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but it sure is rough to watch most of the time and we do have evidence from the past generation of QBs who did sit a year or two and then play, and they seemed a lot more ready to be starting in the NFL using that method.