zeke21
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I agree 100% and have said similar many times. The notion that is "hard" to find a QB is an outdated myth imho. Of course guys like Brady and Rodgers, Mahomes etc don't come around everyday..This isn’t the 90s where the DB rules were such that the elite QBs were far and few in between. This is an era where Goff and Mayfield changed teams and are competing right away. That is not happening in the 90s and prior.
Purdy is once again in the NFC Conference finals and this time he’s not injured. None of these guys are anywhere near elite by the 90s standards and couldn’t survive at all in the 90s. They prove that finding a QB is actually pretty easy relative to the past.
But there is now a pipeline of really talented guys like can all play the QB position.. and with almost immediately impact. They are coming out of pro like systems in college and are almost plug and play. We see that with guys like Stroud, Herbert and Burrows before him.
Again the problem is that people think Dak is elite.. when in actual fact he is average with a great supporting cast. Where Dak also falls down is that he collapses under pressure, that is no longer debateable. He officially chokes in big moments.
Purdy is the last pick in the draft and is now heading to his 2nd conference game.. that is not an accident. It is not all on him.. the system around him is great too.
Right now there are probably 25-30 kids that we could plug into our team who would be able to produce similar to Dak, and would allow us another couple of stars in other positions.
There are probably 10 kids out there right now that can produce at a higher level than Dak. And until we start looking for them.. we are stuck where we are. Finding a QB is NOT what people remember.. that is why franchises are churning the position faster than ever.