Many quarterbacks struggle in their rookie years

A bit of perspective is needed from time to time.

1970 was a very different league.

We hoped for the best, but we all knew this was a possibility. Let’s check him out next season with an offseason, a (hopefully) improved receiving core, and a Whimperless O-line.

That’s all I need to say.

Adam, what differentiates all those QB’s on your list from Gabbert is their lack of fear. Yes, they all played poorly their first year, but they didn’t play with blinding fear of getting smacked.

I pray Gabbert succeeds and they win many Super Bowls. Is it possible though to teach courage in the pocket? Can a coach teach pocket awareness? We’ll see…

Most of the time, a bad QB is a bad QB.

I see no reason why the team shouldn’t hedge their bets in this day of passing game sissies football and make sure there’s another QUALITY quarterback on the team in case Gabbert is not the answer. Because let’s face it, if we had a Matt Hasselbeck, a Carson Palmer or even a Matt Moore on this team, Gabbert would be on the bench studying in stead of getting his ass kicked.

Namath was middle of the pack his rookie year (14th out of 22 total QBs).
The best QB in 1970 threw for under 3,000 yards and 60% completion.

I think my job here is done, though. I’ve started a legitimate, fact-based conversation about if we really want to trust Gabbert moving forward.

Angry Brian, out. :>)

“Many quarterbacks struggle in their rookie years:
a few of them turn out to be good players,
but the rest continue to play badly for their entire careers, dragging down whichever team starts them hoping they’ll come around.”

with him struggling , im not fine with him playing like a Vag

as we can see, anyone can spin this in any fashion that suits there perspective – good, bad, and hopeful.

reality – Gene has assembled a garbage dump of an offensive uint – the only universally agreed upon perspective is that thier play has truley been ‘offensive’ and they have the stats to back it up. The anomoly is MJD lead in the rushing title — which I attribute to MJDs unquestioned talent more than anything else.

Blaine has been thrown into a crap situation – poor coaching, a franchise in upeveal, and virtually no talent around him (except MJD and a pro bowl TE who played like ass for a good portion of the season). The lack of training camp has not helped the situation. Blaine was also probably the least NFL ready QB taken in the first round and that cannot be overlooked either.

Blaine has flashed some potential and his best game was against the Bucs (another sorry team – but an NFL team nonetheless). It is also a true statement that he has not show much improvement as the season has progressed – seemingly for every step forward and he takes 2 steps back the next game— this cannot be denied either.

Bottom line – with the crap that surrounds him on offense, it’s very difficult to get an accurate guage of how well he can possibly be. He absolutely needs at least another season for a better evaluation but to deny his faults (such as the Lombardi anaylsis) is myopic as well. We need a massive infusion of talent on the offensive side of the ball this coming off-season. This includes both draft and FA. Gene scares me in the draft but has shown he does better in FA. I also believe that we should get another QB in the stable (not necessarliy a 1st rounder) to 1) hedge in case Blaine is indeed a bust and 2) to provide some legitimate competition for the strting position. We have seen first hand that lacking this type of in house competition is niot in our best interest as a franchise.

regardless of what some other qb did last year or back in the ‘60s
and regardless of what peter king or kuharsky or (not vince) lombardi or wiliams or the mikes or the 1010 dweebs or whomever says, it’s totally irrelevant.
i’d venture to guess they’ve been wrong on their predictions before and will be again.
this story will play out and what they think, feel or want to happen so it validates their opinions matter not one bit.
next year and the years after will demonstrate whether the pick, along with the upcoming coaches and surrounding players, turns out to be a benefit to this team.
i’m hopefully confident we’ll see improvement… but just like everyone else who expresses an opinion, we won’t know until we see it.

Gabbert has played decent, compared to those on the list. The only QB on the list to have a better completion% is Troy Aikman at 52.9% and Gabbert has more Touchdowns, fewer interceptions, and more wins than a lot of these QBs. He even has more yds/g than most on the list.