That alone marks his debut season as a success.īut even if the odds suggest the end of the road is nigh, there is a precedent for hope. The Patriots’ Mac Jones might have been the fifth quarterback taken in the first round of the draft, but he’s the last man standing on Wild Card Weekend. And he’s playing for a franchise that is accustomed to being in the playoffs. There is one rookie quarterback this season. Of all of them, only Wilson won a game, when his Seahawks bested RGIII’s Washington. The class of 2012 was exceptional, featuring three (Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, and Russell Wilson), and there was one (Andy Dalton) in 2011. There were none in the last three playoffs, one (Lamar Jackson) in 2018, none in 2017, one (Dak Prescott) in 2016, and none in 2015, ‘14, or ‘13. Of 162 playoff teams in the last 10 seasons, only six started a rookie at QB. Rookie quarterbacks are among the rarest of playoff breeds. But if the debut NFL season is hard on all, it hits one position harder than most.
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