beardown07
Upstanding Member
He's got to earn it. Rodgers sat behind Favre. Brady sat behind Drew Bledsoe. Brees sat behind Doug Flutie. Steve young sat behind joe Montana. Joe Montana sat behind steve DeBerg. John Elway started out starting, but after being replaced by Steve DeBerg for 2 games he sat behind Steve DeBerg. I am a big proponent of letting a rookie QB learn on the bench and earn the position as starter. I know there are good QBs who start from day one (Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, Ben Roethlisberger, etc.) but they are much different types of QBs that Trubisky. I don't think Trubisky is NFL ready at this point. Mike Glennon may be average at the QB position, but he is definitely going to show Trubisky how to be a leader on and off the field. He will make for a great mentor. Mark Sanchez is a clumsy QB, but I think that is also why they brought him in, to help develop Trubisky. Mark Sanchez may suck in games, but one thing I've always heard about him is he is a consummate professional. If we had a sure fire starter that looks like a franchise QB coming out of college I would entertain the idea of starting him from day 1, but that's not what Trubisky is yet. Part of what played into his success in college was learning on the bench.
I am aware of all that, but those mentioned are ancient history. The game has changed. The game isn't too big for these kids anymore. Plus, the fact that he is Number 2 overall....he should play sooner than later IMO. Look at the Rams last year, I think most would agree that Fisher looked archaic in his treatment of Goff. Maybe he wasn't ready, but IMO that lends more to the idea that it wasn't a good pick. I don't want that to be the case here with the Bears.