Hackenburg? Who mentioned him? He had a decent freshman season then stunk. He's nowhere near the college QB Kaaya is, and he wasn't a top 10 pick either. He wasn't even a top 50 pick.
Lol, who mentioned Blake Sims?
Franchise, you are one of my favorite posters on here and this is disappointing. Hackenberg was widely projected as the
#1 overall pick after his sophomore season, even Todd McShay had him at
#1 .
Penn State's Christian Hackenberg the No. 1 pick in Todd McShay's 2016 NFL mock draft | PennLive.com
Let's talk specifically about John Elway for a minute. Shall we? Elway's Stanford teams were 20-23 overall during his time there. He never led them to a bowl game.
Is it your position that Elway wasn't a great QB? He set all kinds of records at Stanford and was runner up for the 1982 Heisman trophy. But his team was 20-23 with no bowl appearances.
He was the consensus number 1 pick and struggled for years to win a Super Bowl. Later in his career the Broncos hired Tannahan, who installed a top running game, and Elway finally got over the hump.
Hopefully, this specific example will allow you the chance to extricate your deeply entrenched heels and realize that a great QB can languish on a bad team.
I fully understand the point you and everyone else on here is making. It's just wholly irrelevant to what I'm saying.
Elway couldn't be further away from Kaaya into what I'm talking about specifically, which is 4th quarter comebacks and willing his team to victory. Elway was one of the best, Kaaya hasn't done it yet.
For the 1 millionth time on this forum, because people can't read, etc., I think Kaaya has a ton of talent. He can make some incredible throws, particularly under pressure. I'm a huge fan of his talent. But he still has a ways to go in 3rd down conversions and 4th quarter comebacks. Yes, I will be one of the first ones there cheering him on when he does it, which I expect him to.
The problem is many people on here are concrete thinkers and have an "us vs. them" mentality. So they can't see what I'm actually saying they'll just call me a hater and bring out their pre-made arguments, which is much easier than reading, understanding, and having a conversation.