Hurt’s ceiling has already reached a higher ceiling than DC4’s best year. Hurts has led his team to the playoffs every year that he was the starter for the full season. He took over a crap team that won 4 games in 2020. I read the “ifs” for DC4, about being in a terrible situation, but taking over a 4 win team is also a bad situation. One of the guys has turned his team around, we are still waiting for the other one to do the same.
If I asked you (in a blind reveal) which QB would you take:
1.) a QB that has 4 winning seasons in 10 years total
Or
2.) a QB that has 3 winning seasons in 3 years total, with a Super Bowl appearance.
If your answer is number 1, then I can’t help you there.
Now, this does not mean that DC4 can not outplay higher ranked QBs or lead us to better success this coming year or the year after. What the ranking is highlighting, is what has already happened previously, going into this year. So, by the end of next season, DC4 can jump everyone on the list, but he cannot be higher than how he actually performed leading up to this year.