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ELLIASJWILLIAMS said
I concur but I point to the Chiefs/Packers model as the best way to develop a QB.

The team around Rattler right now isn't bad, but it is a team of aging veterans who don't have long in their careers to justify a developmental year for a QB. Thats #1. You think when discussion w/ Cam Jordan or Davis were being had, that it involved doing anything but competing? Your ability to compete at a high enough level shrinks w/ Rattler, significantly.

Good teams develop QB's and bring them along slowly if they can. The bad ones draft them @ #1, ruin them by starting them too early, and then watch them have success w/ othr teams.

If you have a bridge QB, use it and you can continue to accelerate his development due to him being the clear #2 now instead of competing for #2 and splitting snaps.

Rattler needs time to sit in the oven and not develop bad habits..and learn. This is more ideal than anyone thinks and that's why I've never been in the # that truly wanted to walk away from Carr.

Rattler also needs a #1 WR. He's not a point guard QB who scans and hits the ideal read at the right moment. He's more a QB that his WR's need time to adjust to him escaping the pocket and extending plays, he also needs a guy he can trust to win 50/50 balls. His highlight real was Juwan Johnson and then everyone else. Resigning Juwan was ideal, adding another big target would be optimal. He's more Brett Favre than Drew Brees

That's certainly a valid point of view. My only caveat is that I do wonder at what point sitting and watching ceases to be useful and a guy just has to take snaps to be able to progress? I don't know if that time period is one year, two years, or more, but I suspect it depends on the QB.

IMO, and I could be wrong, it just looks like Rattler is at a point where he needs to be on the field taking snaps in order to learn more. But, again, I could be wrong.

Of course, it's easy to want to risk playing the young QB when my job isn't on the line like it is for Moore.

And that's a good point about a #1 WR or at least a #1 target. We don't have one and having one may be the best way to help a young QB. It's part of why I like Tet or Warren in the first.