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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1034577" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>I think you're still missing the point - the point is, it's <em>not </em>easy. You don't just draft a guy, stick him in a freezer for 3 years, then thaw him out and *<em>POW</em>*! You've got a 12-year franchise quarterback and maybe hall-of-famer, playoff-ready in Year One.</p><p></p><p>It takes hard work, good scouting, good coaching, and a stable organization to find the right prospect at the right point in your team's timeline, then spend 2 or 3 years patiently developing him - coach him up, identify the areas of his game that need work, do the strength training, teach him the footwork, the reads, the arm position, the motion, the release... it takes a solid, stable organization with good coaches, patience, and commitment to doing the work that needs to be done to make the formula work.</p><p></p><p>Which brings us to... the Bears. I agree with you; Fields had the tools to become a very good QB, and the Bears didn't know how to make him that. And I feel badly for the guy, because by all accounts he was a really terrific kid. But you say you're confident that the same organization that ruined Fields is going to turn Caleb Williams into a star - why? What are they going to do differently this time?</p><p></p><p>I've said a number of times, if Fields had lucked in a position like Love had (landing with an organization like Green Bay, with the time, the patience, and the program to develop him), he might have had a tremendous future in the NFL. But he didn't. He fell into the clutches of the Bears. </p><p></p><p>I really feel that one of the biggest reasons the Packers have been able to what they did with Rodgers and Love is that they are not under the thumb of an arrogant billionaire owner with a 10-minute attention span who wants immediate results from an early quarterback. Our management was easily able to afford letting them both develop for 3 years, because we didn't need immediate results in order to sell tickets. I think Atlanta figured this formula out, and may have scored the biggest success of the entire 1st round by taking Penix.</p><p></p><p>If they can sit him for 2 or 3 years behind Cousins, he may prove to be the steal of the draft. And if that turns out, you may see the Green Bay model for drafting QBs become the norm going forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1034577, member: 18006"] I think you're still missing the point - the point is, it's [I]not [/I]easy. You don't just draft a guy, stick him in a freezer for 3 years, then thaw him out and *[I]POW[/I]*! You've got a 12-year franchise quarterback and maybe hall-of-famer, playoff-ready in Year One. It takes hard work, good scouting, good coaching, and a stable organization to find the right prospect at the right point in your team's timeline, then spend 2 or 3 years patiently developing him - coach him up, identify the areas of his game that need work, do the strength training, teach him the footwork, the reads, the arm position, the motion, the release... it takes a solid, stable organization with good coaches, patience, and commitment to doing the work that needs to be done to make the formula work. Which brings us to... the Bears. I agree with you; Fields had the tools to become a very good QB, and the Bears didn't know how to make him that. And I feel badly for the guy, because by all accounts he was a really terrific kid. But you say you're confident that the same organization that ruined Fields is going to turn Caleb Williams into a star - why? What are they going to do differently this time? I've said a number of times, if Fields had lucked in a position like Love had (landing with an organization like Green Bay, with the time, the patience, and the program to develop him), he might have had a tremendous future in the NFL. But he didn't. He fell into the clutches of the Bears. I really feel that one of the biggest reasons the Packers have been able to what they did with Rodgers and Love is that they are not under the thumb of an arrogant billionaire owner with a 10-minute attention span who wants immediate results from an early quarterback. Our management was easily able to afford letting them both develop for 3 years, because we didn't need immediate results in order to sell tickets. I think Atlanta figured this formula out, and may have scored the biggest success of the entire 1st round by taking Penix. If they can sit him for 2 or 3 years behind Cousins, he may prove to be the steal of the draft. And if that turns out, you may see the Green Bay model for drafting QBs become the norm going forward. [/QUOTE]
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