2022--The Year We Move Up for a QB

Some really bad info there starting with the fact that the Chiefs hadn't been AFC Champions since 1969 when it was the AFL. He was gifted a wild card team. Not the reigning AFC Champions. And the Ravens built their offense around Jackson..They had to totally change it from Flacco to Jackson. So it's okay for those good teams to draft young quarterbacks. But it's not okay for our team to draft a young quarterback? We'd be sending the wrong signal to our vets. But they didn't?
I thought I typed AFC West champions. I read your post like "who mentioned anything about winning the AFC?" lol

But that being said, he was gifted a team that won the AFC West 3 years in a row who was STACKED on defense who lost those playoff games primarily due to Sutton's bend but don't break defense. They were 6th in total offense before Mahomes.

As far as LJ is concerned, when they knew he was going to be the man, they promptly revamped the offense and, top down, built it around him. Team and player investment that everyone doesn't get the benefit of.

This isn't about drafting young QBs; it is about doing so based off over preconceived notions, or overt/covert biases.


People are too stuck in the old mindsets that young QB’s can’t perform at a championship level out the gate. Times have changed. Eli and Peyton were just talking the other day that most QB’s that come out now are so much further advanced and day 1 ready than at anytime in history.

There’s 3-4 QBs coming out next year that in the right system can win out the gate. But you’re going to have to give up a ton to get up there to get them.

It’s a little early to talk it, but I’d have to see a ton more out of Winston to think I’d want him to be the long term answer, although I think he’s far better than anything else we have right now
I mean, he had almost 20k and over 100 TDs playing behind a sub par O-line, sub par run game, and spotty tight end play. I always mention that when under scrutiny, the narrative cracks.

Narrative - In 2019, Bucs lost because of Jameis in his interceptions
Reality - In 2019, even with interceptions, the Bucs were tied with us for the #3 scoring offense (#1 total offense) while having the #29 scoring defense.

If you put up a blind poll and ask, "if a team with the #3 scoring offense and #29 scoring defense went 7-9, where should blame go?"

Mostly everyone will say "defense" but then you bring up the 2019 Bucs and then you get a whole lot of



We really don't know what we have because, unless other QBs, he doesn't get the benefit of the doubt for playing on an overall bad team with subpart coaching most of his time there.