Can we drop the nonsense that everyone has adopted; "Petty must sit for three years" because some scout has decided that it must be his path. I just find it amusing that the bandwagon has adopted this theory. Let's face it 99% of us don't know jack about this young man having to sit for three years. Look at Brock Osweiler (no clue on spelling) and how great is was for him to sit...5 turnovers. Today on ESPN they inferred Osweiler was a dope and that he just can't grasp the classroom.
It was great that we didn't have to play Petty this year but we can't afford to sit him for three years and then give him two years to see if he is "the guy". This is NY people: nobody gets 5 years. People are already wanting to draft a qb without ever seeing what Petty has. However; if the coaching staff say he isn't the guy I can live with that.
The notion that he should sit is fluid. It's also the theory of many in the nfl, hall of famers and front office.
It comes from the point of view that college offenses are becoming overly simple to compensate for the lack of elite quarter backs in the system. If everyone taught a complex system but only 3 schools had qbs that could handle it, everyone else would suffer. So end result, majority of college qbs play 3 years in a system designed to make you think as little as possible.
Then you enter the nfl. Under the new cba,there is no time to practice and learn a system. Combined with the reality of today's musical chair free agency, it's hard to get all of your starters on the same page, much less your 3rd string qb who just got his play book.
So in reality riding the bench for a year in the 80s or 90s is equivalent to 2 years today. Except, while our system is evolving t to require more study time on the calendar, we are going in the opposite direction with how we treat draft picks. We don't want to from them into men, we want them to plug and play. Fail and you're a loser. That's why the average nfl players tenure is 3 years or less.
Of course petty's 3 years is based on insider quotes, but from what I've seen, I trust or new front office to handle petty the way he needs to be handled.
I haven't studied film with him so I'm not the expert.
But, if the book on him is that he has the physical gifts to do it all, but can't read a defense well, then he's in a great position under Fitz. Fitz has the mental capacity, the charisma, and the will to teach up teammates. If Fitz is anything it's book smart by nfl standards.
If Fitzs brains, and leadership ways rub off on petty to combine with his physical talent, watch out man. Frankenstein.
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