Rookie QBs 0 for Last 11 Debuts
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James Joyner | Monday, October 9, 2006 |
Rick Gosselin provides this interesting stat:
Rookie quarterbacks are 0-3 in their NFL starting debuts this season with Arizona’s Matt Leinart and Tampa Bay’s Bruce Gradkowski both losing Sunday. They join Week 4 loser Vince Young of Tennessee. Rookie quarterbacks have lost 11 consecutive starting debuts, including those by No. 1 overall picks Alex Smith in 2005 and Eli Manning in 2004. You have to go all the way back to November 2004 to find a rookie quarterback who won his NFL starting debut. Incredibly, it was Drew Henson of the Cowboys – and he was yanked at halftime of that start.
Granting that the fact a rookie QB is starting usually means the team is very bad, that’s an amazing streak.
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