Love might have been doing this two years ago — maybe he just needed the experience. 

Baker’s best season until last was his rookie year. And Peyton played and got destroyed as a rookie. CJ Stroud was good out of the gate. Mahomes’ sitting might have cost the Chiefs a Super Bowl — he was great in his one start in Week 17. 

Geno was set to start for the Jets 10 years ago, but he got punched in the face and broke his jaw, Ryan Fitzpatrick played well and Geno never got the job back. 

QB does take more practice than say RB, but IMO very few who got their confidence crushed ever would have made it. 

Agree re the flow state, but being bad isn’t a death sentence for a rookie QB as long as he shows *some* signs and gets better.