re: I’m slowly warming up to the Penix/Cousins situation

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You’re burning at minimum 1 year of a first round rookie QB contract, more likely 2. The most valuable thing in football, gone for a portion.

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This is how I used to view the pick. But rookie QBs so rarely play well. So are you really burning a cheap year if that year doesn’t give you great production? Did the Jaguars benefit from having Trevor Lawrence play bad football his first year on a rookie deal? Or do they wish they had the luxury of letting him sit a year to learn their system and adjust to NFL coverages? It is the years 3-5 where the rookie deals seem to translate into Super Bowl contenders, not the first 2.