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Originally Posted by patteeu
Suddenly we're supposed to hang on Mel Kiper's words? That seems a bit hypocritical.
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Not saying we should hang on Mel Kiper's words here.
But this illustrates what I, and others, have said about this class.
People have been looking at this class through prism that has been skewed by recent drafts.
It has only been a recent phenomonom for QBs to start right away and be expected to excel from the very first game.
Prior to the last couple of years, even if QBs were asked to start right away, everyone recognized that there should be a development period.
QBs were drafted high because they had the potential to excel, in time.
Almost every draft expert agrees that Geno has potential.
But now, they downgrade him, and Barkley, and others, because they might not excel immediately.