This is a very good point. So few of these guys actually pull it off, and guys like Wilson and Mahomes ruin it for the rest when they do. QB is so much more important of a position now than it even was 20 years ago, and those guys get overdrafted in the first round too often, end up on crappy teams that have major problems, and are cast aside when they don't work out. The ones that really do succeed are ones that have a bit of time to sit, learn, and develop. Who knows what Rodgers is if he doesn't get that time from 05-07... Well, Mahomes only had a year. Murray , Lamar, Wilson, Dak, I don't know if these guys had any time at all and they turned out quite well. I think Rodgers is more of the exception than the rule. I can't think of a single franchise QB since Rodgers who got 3 development years prior to starting. Certainly he benefitted from those 3 years. However, these days, that benefit is offset by the lost years of cost control. I think that's why QBs are pushed hard early now. The minute they're drafted, you're on the clock, and you have 4 or 5 years until they become an enormous part of your payroll rather than being there on a rookie contract. The faster they become productive, the more you benefit from their rookie deal. I think the Chiefs and Seahawks Super Bowl winning teams obviously benefitted from having their franchise QBs on rookie deals (at the time), giving them more to invest in the rest of the roster.