I think Eisen makes a good point. Even when you know that history tells us that not every highly picked QB is not going to make a mark on the league, here we have FOUR out of 5 top 15 picks all bomb out after just 3 seasons. AND the one sure fire bet, the #1 pick certainly hasn't set the world on fire.
Listen, I believe STRONGLY that being a successful QB is by far the most difficult job in team sports. Not only do they have to be physically gifted, the mental aspect (the pre and post snap reads, the ability to correctly feel the rush, the mental toughness to absorb the scrutiny and physical aspects of the game). Plus the fact that the ultimate success of a QB (winning) is SO closely affected by the success of so many others. His OL. His weapons, the Defense, the kicking game, being in the right system with the right coaching, etc, etc.
Regardless of which QB we eventually bring on, great QB's are DEVELOPED, they do NOT come fully defined even after 3 years. As the 2021 season progressed we all knew for a 100% certitude that Mac Jones was the best QB of that 2021 class. There weren't many if ANY doubters that we at worst had a quality NFL starting QB who passed for almost 4000 yds and was going to get better and better.
So clearly (and for many reason already discussed ad nauseum) THAT didn't work out. Now we are in the situation we are in. We have the opportunity to draft a quality PROSPECT, who may or may not turn out to be the guy we all hope for. BUT in this particular draft there are 3 guys worth of that #3 pick. That IS unusual the the QB market spawns 3 top prospects. Not that it guarantees any of them will be successful, but it does increase the odds and a pick you cannot pass up.
Now we all know that there will be a PLETHORA of posters here who will instantly declare pro or con after first game played. It is the sorry nature of being fans, but it ISN'T reality. Rookie QB's HAVE to crawl before they walk. They need to be put in the simplest situations, with the least amount of thinking involved, just like we saw Mac go through under McDaniels.
We are likely to see something like the Bills saw when they first drafted Allen. There were TONS of questions being asked after his first year and many into the 2nd. PMannings first year was HORRIBLE, both statistically and many losses. 3 years IS too early to pronounce a QB's ultimate fate. There are so many things that are beyond their control that have to be factored in as we have seen with Mac.
BTW- I agree that Mac's situation had become untenable here and he had to go. BUT he wasn't blameless either. It was what it was. Now as fans we should work to actually UNDERSTAND what goes into creating a great QB and be perhaps a bit more tolerant of the process.