He's changed perceptions. But not the way you think. Imagine being in the AFCW with Patrick Mahomes, but your team's QB is AOC. & another rookie the same year just had the best rookie QB season ever. Now look at AOC again & try to Be Glad he's _"your"_ QB. See the problems? We cheer on only things we feel loyalty to. No one wants to feel loyal to something inferior. It's not enough for people who want to hang their hopes on something like a sports team to have someone okay if better exists. So already people are judging perfectly fine rookie seasons as signs of that rookie being a bust. People are expecting the Raiders to start Minshew. While no one can argue AOC put up better stats than Minshew did, Minshew puts a low ceiling on your team, but we need time to see if AOC does the same. You put AOC in to figure this out, to see whether or not he can elevate so you have a QB for years. None of this is entering the fans' minds though. Their perceptions have shifted. He's not _perceived_ as being Good Enough _NOW_ so he's dog-water in their minds already.
Cj Stroud was a franchise altering pick for the Texans. I expect great things from him this year....
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He's changed perceptions. But not the way you think. Imagine being in the AFCW with Patrick Mahomes, but your team's QB is AOC. & another rookie the same year just had the best rookie QB season ever. Now look at AOC again & try to Be Glad he's _"your"_ QB.
See the problems?
We cheer on only things we feel loyalty to. No one wants to feel loyal to something inferior. It's not enough for people who want to hang their hopes on something like a sports team to have someone okay if better exists. So already people are judging perfectly fine rookie seasons as signs of that rookie being a bust. People are expecting the Raiders to start Minshew.
While no one can argue AOC put up better stats than Minshew did, Minshew puts a low ceiling on your team, but we need time to see if AOC does the same. You put AOC in to figure this out, to see whether or not he can elevate so you have a QB for years.
None of this is entering the fans' minds though. Their perceptions have shifted. He's not _perceived_ as being Good Enough _NOW_ so he's dog-water in their minds already.