Why the Franchise Quarterback and Big Arm are Overrated

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Published: May 3, 2009

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... That was the Lions taking Matthew Stafford with the first pick. This mistake is made repeatedly and yet teams keep doing it. GMs feel that they need that Franchise quarterback with the cannon arm.

The problem is that the QB can't do it all by himself. It takes a good team around him for him to have a chance to be successful. If a QB is taken that high than the team in all likelihood isn't very good. More importantly the line isn't very good. Then your franchise QB becomes an incredible bust.

It really isn't hard to figure this out but for whatever reason GMs can't. So they continue the trend of drafting these QBs and very rarely is it a happy ending.

In order for this young QB to be the great QB you expect, it has to be done one or two ways. Either you sit on the bench for a year or two behind a veteran and build the rest of the team. This way the kid can learn from the veteran, learn the playbook, and gain the respect of his teammates before ever stepp...

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