Originally posted by Boltjolt
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The poster to whom I was responding called Burrow a generational QB. Any notion that Burrow would just come in and set the world on fire is belied by his inability to beat out Haskins and Haskins' struggles, which is all we have to go on so far. I am not suggesting Haskins cannot improve, but he was better than Burrow and has not done squat so far in the NFL. So, yes, Haskins does seem to matter to a degree.
Sometimes QBs can deveop, but sometimes the change in statistical performance reflects more of a team diffrence than an individual difference. That can be difficult to parse, but I think it is sound resoning to note that Burrow is not likely to have the huge advantages in team talent that he had in 2019 at LSU.
Lawrence was not eligible when Murray was drafted, but he had just been the QB on an undefeated national championship team and he has a whole lot more upside than Murray. Again, any GM would have seen that right away. The same holds true versus Burrow.
As for Mahomes, Lawrence has a better, more accurate arm and is a better runner. I think he would have done more at Texas Tech than Mahomes did. He definitely has a higher ceiling than Mahomes based upon superior physcial gifts. If Mahomes is playing for the Bengals, they are still a losing team, though better than they finished in 2019. People tend to give Mahomes way too much credit for what the Chiefs have done. If you compare Mahomes' 2019 stats to Alex Smith's 2017 stats, you will find that they are eerily similar, yet Mahomes is somehow the greatest QB ever and Smith is just some game manager. It is interesting how public perception can cloud objective analysis.
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