I don’t get the AOC hate. I mean I understand minor frustrations with him but I feel like a lot of people want to trash him so quick. Like let the dude cook and I think we could have a solid qb. I think with AP and Hardegree he could really fine tune and tweak his few flaws. I think he could be the real deal just get him a solid backup but I think a lot of us fans are sleeping on my boy. He’s been holding his own, especially with so much change during his rookie year. End rant. Stop the raider hate.
It’s way too early to decide anything. The QB position is difficult, you rarely see a rookie light it up there first year and the ones that do usually fall into a sophomore jinx. Peyton Manning was 3-13 with a 72 QB rating his first season where he played and practiced as QB1 the whole year. AOC has played 4 games through a lot of turmoil. His positives are he is smart, resilient, accurate with the football and his teammates respect him. His negatives are he’s a rookie so he’s not getting through his progressions, he’s not mobile and he lacks pocket awareness. I think he can develop but we will see. The people who are really negative on him are obsessed with having a mobile athletic QB. It’s what’s in vogue at the moment but everyone forgets that the mobile QBs all become pocket passes in a few years out of necessity. They get the crap beat out them the first few seasons and end up hurt. I’d rather have the guy who starts as a pocket QB, he will develop faster because he has to.