There is no more difficult mission in the NFL than finding a franchise quarterback. If this season has shown us anything, in which projects like Daniel Jones, Mac Jones or Kenny Pickett seem ruined forever, or in which Joe Flacco has had to be rescued from retirement to command a Superbowl candidate team like the Browns, is that much of the success of a franchise and its ability to build lies around finding a quarterback elite and a leader of the attack. With the regular season in the books and days before the start of the playoffs, There are two franchises that have already won in the NFL 2023: the Houston Texans with the future rookie of the year CJ Stroud y los Green Bay Packers con Jordan Love.
Favre – Rodgers – Love: In that Order
From 1991 to 2023, the Packers have operated with two quarterbacks who took over keeping the franchise relevant. TO 16 years of hall of famer Brett Favre were followed by another 15 years of future hall of famer Aaron Rodgers. Each period left them ‘only’ one title, a probably poor harvest to have that stability, talent and leadership in the most important position in the sport. Jordan Love entered the 2023 season with fewer than 200 passes attempted in three seasons after a controversial first-round pick in the 2020 draft.
In his first season as a starter he has played the 17 games, throwing for more than 4,000 yards and 32 TDs to 11 interceptions. He has been the second QB in the NFL in touchdown passes and has proven that he is the man to continue building around. The 2023 Packers have become the youngest team in history to qualify for the postseason. Regarding the last course of Rodgers in Green Bay, Love has improved in yards, yards per attempt, touchdown passes and interceptions and has produced a season similar to that of A-Rod’s debut, who also waited several years in Favre’s shadow. Love has shown that he can be tremendously accurate in finding his receivers, that he has a great range of throws from any platform and foot alignment, and that he can drive the ball downfield.
CJ Stroud: The best rookie QB of the Century?
The NFL Draft continues to be the main fishing ground to find a franchise quarterback. But it is by no means a guarantee. Most of the teams that are in the final tournament have found their quarterback there, but the failures are proportional to the QBs that become the answer. Although one season is not enough, The forcefulness of what CJ Stroud has shown is thunderous. A starter from day one, the second pick in the 2023 draft has played like a veteran from the start. In a duo with rookie Head Coach, rookie playcaller and rookie QB, the Texans, winners of their division, were built almost from the debut around CJ Stroud and his talent. Normally coaches ‘manage’ rookie passers a little and tend to order complex reads from them. With Stroud it has been the opposite since the debut. The future rookie of the year threw 44 and 47 passes in his first two games and hasn’t looked back since. He is he fifth rookie in history to throw for more than 4,000 yards and this season he is within the Top-10 in almost all the parameters that define the performance of a pitcher. He is eighth in passing yards, the least intercepted among those who have thrown 400 passes at least and third in yards per attempt. Stroud has driven three game-winning drives in the fourth quarter, including the one that sealed the Texans’ playoff berth. Houston and the club’s leadership can smile. They have found the most difficult thing in the NFL: a quarterback around which to build a team and a personality around which to raise the culture of a traditionally losing and dysfunctional franchise.
2024-01-09 13:24:55
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