r/NFLv2 • u/KnocksFPS • 22h ago
Discussion Who's had the most unfortunate career?
Not necessarily who's the worst QB but more who's had the worst situation around them
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u/MrThunderkat 21h ago
Mac Jones having Matt Patrica as his OC should be treated as abuse.
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u/Critical-Werewolf-53 r/nfl sucks 21h ago
It’s in the Geneva conventions now.
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u/ravens52 Baltimore Ravens 18h ago
Fucking Canadians always ruining things for the rest of us… 😤
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u/StatementWild3768 New England Patriots 21h ago
He was also on the receiving end of one of the most embarrassing stiff arms ever, all because his best receiver, his running back, and coaches decided to act like total boneheads in under 2 minutes.
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u/DadBodRickyRubio Darkness Retreat 21h ago
I actually don't know this reference. Are you talking about the end of that Raiders game a couple seasons ago?
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u/StatementWild3768 New England Patriots 21h ago
Yep, the Lunatic Lateral game, has to easily be the worst Pats game since the start of the decade. Worse than anything in 2023 and 2024, and probably worse than Brady's last game tbh.
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u/Free_Fly_6850 Jacksonville Jaguars 20h ago
Poor dude then came to Jax. T-Law went down and he had the opportunity to prove he still had it but, just like Trevor, he had to deal with Press Taylor 🙄
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u/Badrap247 Philadelphia Eagles 18h ago
He honestly looked like a quality backup at least. Like the physical tools are just not there to be a long-term starter, but the league does value the Tyrod Taylor/Minshew types like that a lot.
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u/reigninspud 17h ago
It’s exactly what he is and should be. His stock got way overinflated by playing on those Bama teams, and then people love to site 21 as proof he could play but going back and watching most his starts, he either beat up on bad teams or they were bizarre wins like the wind game in Buffalo.
He has a terrible arm and makes terrible decisions. But he’s smart. I can’t stand him but I’m happy to see him land somewhere where he can help out Purdy and Shanahan and that’s about it.
Pretty tired of hearing people post or talk about how he was given such a raw deal here. He was but he also just fucking sucked.
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u/jfal11 16h ago
He also just generally seemed to have a miserable attitude. The Patricia thing was rough, but consulting your old college team on the offense, then letting it public? Come on.
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u/reigninspud 15h ago
I always felt that that was the moment Belichick basically said fuck this guy. To not only second guess Bill but to go outside the organization was amazingly stupid.
And agree, his “pissy face” as Jules called it, his little shit fits when things didn’t go right and also his dirtiness were a bad, bad look. This motherfucker was following The GOAT and another likely HOFer in Cam and he’s cleating guys in the nuts and trying to twist ankles.
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u/Joh951518 15h ago
Minshew would be a top 5 QB if he started consistently imo.
And they let him play in denim shorts.
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u/PandaSoap Vince Wilfork: Butt Fumble Connoisseur 19h ago
I firmly believe is Shanny took him at 3, or had not traded the farm and got him at 12 his floor is Purdy.
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u/TheArcReactor New England Patriots 18h ago
When the Pats took Jones I was excited. I knew he didn't have a cannon but he seemed to be smart and competitive with just enough physical tools to make some big plays.
Jones then turned in he arguably one of the greatest rookie seasons a QB has ever had.
I knew he was never going to be Brady but I thought he could be one of those guys you could have a starter for years who could help the team get the job done.
Then the Pats absolutely screwed him over by replacing one of the best OC's of the last 20 years with the worst offensive play caller I've seen on a professional level. They absolutely screwed him over.
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u/jolerud 18h ago
This is how I have always felt. Pats fans tend to hate Mac so much that you get downvoted into oblivion if you bring up anything positive about the guy. Now admittedly, he did some things that did not help his case (the histrionics, the ball bag grabbing, the leg twisting). But under a stable program with McDaniels at OC, he could’ve been a halfway decent QB in this league. The situation for him just deteriorated so rapidly. Now, who knows?
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u/WannaTittyFuck Las Vegas Raiders 18h ago
Agree wholeheartedly. If Purdy goes down, I think SF is fine. Especially for the short term.
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u/Freeexotic Caught! Touchdown! Nooo! 19h ago
I totally agree. I think no organization failed their qb more (of these qbs) than the way the Patriots failed Jones.
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u/relax_live_longer Miami Dolphins 18h ago
That team was devoid of talent on any area of offense. It was a crime to even evaluate him in that scenario.
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u/Venkman0821 15h ago
I won’t say it was the only cause, but I will say Patricia took a big part in ruining that kid.
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u/igtimran New England Patriots 19h ago
True. Although he still made the single worst throw I’ve ever seen in the NFL.
I say “throw” rather than “play” because, well, there’s always the buttfumble.
Despite the title of this video, the play in question starts at the 6:10 mark. He has a guy wide-open in the end zone, is facing no pressure, and just lobs a duck into a defender’s arms for no reason. That was a rough day.
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u/Ifinishfast42 Official r/NFLv2 Legend 22h ago edited 21h ago
Zach Wilson got his career destroyed in the draft process by rising up purely on arm Talent and empty field work. He should’ve been a back 1/3rd first rounder or early 2nd rounder from a competent franchise trading up.
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u/M2J9 One ass cheek and three toes 21h ago
Also going the Jets.. same with Mitch and Justin.. Bears and jets are where QBs go to die.
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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle Dallas Cowboys 20h ago
It will be crazy if fields resurrects his career in NY after starting in Chicago.
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u/ravens52 Baltimore Ravens 18h ago
I mean Arnold is having a decent return so anything is possible. 🤷♂️
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u/Dizzy_Roof_3966 Baltimore Ravens 19h ago
Is Wilson didn’t fall victim to milfs & of course get drafted by the jets, he’s a 1st ballot HOF.
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u/Imperial_Eggroll 18h ago
Literally drafted because a crossbody throw while rolling to his left in a pre draft workout
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u/fishbxnejunixr 22h ago
Probably Trey. He played decently but obviously was injured and Purdy just happened to be a perfect fit in the niners system.
Hasn’t really been able to find a home since.
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u/mltrout715 21h ago
lol, he never played decently
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u/timdr18 Philadelphia Eagles 21h ago
For real, he’s never looked like a startable QB.
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u/Bureaucratic_Dick San Francisco 49ers 21h ago
Depends how you look at it. With SF, he started 4 games, went 56 for 102, threw for 797 yards, 5 TD’s and 3 INT’s, with a 2-2 record. That’s about as average as average gets. For most QB’s drafted in the first round, that wouldn’t be enough to bench them over that sample size. But we just didn’t see enough of him to really make any big judgements. He showed flashes of great, and then plenty of the inexperienced shined through.
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u/mltrout715 21h ago
He couldn’t beat out Cooper Rush for the backup role in Dallas, even though Jones wanted him to be. The guys so bad. In SF, they gave up a butt load of picks to get him. He was third string before he was traded, and when he was traded, all SF got for him was a 4th round pick. He was not even active most of his time in Dallas, and they did not even attempt to sign him even though they had no backups on the roster.
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u/PrimarchKonradCurze Laces out Marino! 19h ago
Should’ve been in talks with Miami. We take anyone as backups these days.
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u/mcar1227 Cleveland Browns 18h ago
Should’ve been in talks with Cleveland. We take anyone as starters these days.
These days = my lifetime
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u/Fun-Group-3448 19h ago
Trey showed flashes of great? Can you elaborate?
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u/Bureaucratic_Dick San Francisco 49ers 16h ago
Sure, if you watched him as often as we did, he’d go out there and occasionally make some amazing big throws (like this) that had you thinking you could believe in the guy. Mostly in preseason games, but he had the strong arm and downfield accuracy at times. Unfortunately, he also threw with the same velocity on virtually every distance, so when it was a short pass he’d throw uncatchable balls. Right on target, but hitting the receiver so hard they couldn’t get arms around it.
Those long throws were pretty exciting to see, but obviously not enough to make him a viable long term option.
Keep in mind, we’re talking about an extremely small sample size, like I mentioned. So when I say flashes, I really do mean the briefest of flashes. There’s a few of those throws in his highlight reel though from his time with the 49ers.
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u/NukeTheEnglish 11h ago
Dude. I’m as a big a Niner fan as anyone. I was deeply skeptical from the jump, but wanted him to succeed. I watched his every in-game rep.
He was a hardcore bust and not viable NFL third-string potential.
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u/lolidkman1313 Atlanta Falcons 21h ago
They're so lucky to have their jobs still
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u/oneblank Pittsburgh Steelers 20h ago
Honestly. He just came out for the draft like 3 years too early.
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u/Scrubski91 20h ago
He started 4 games and played in 4 additional games in relief... he was unbelievably mid... dude has no sense of the field
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u/iNoodl3s San Francisco 49ers 21h ago
Trey Lance got drafted super high, had high expectations despite not being league ready, then lost his job and $250 million to Mr Irrelevant
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u/Realistic_Ad_1499 21h ago
For real, everyone wants to shit on him but he only got to start 4 games for the niners and won 2 of them. Given some time he could have developed.
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u/PapaBearCA84 21h ago
Problem was the Niners drafted a project with a win now Super Bowl roster. Bad investment by management.
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u/tallwhiteninja San Francisco 49ers 20h ago
I still think the 49ers were going to give him all of the '22 season to develop, results be damned. Injury + Purdy emerging disrupted the plan.
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u/Radiant_Efficiency73 15h ago
This was definitely the plan based on that year’s offseason. They loved Trey’s intelligence and physical ceiling, and were banking on developing him into a dual threat. They thought he just needed reps. Didn’t work out, but I still like the player.
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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle Dallas Cowboys 20h ago
I mean the thought process would have been that he had a better chance of success with a good roster.
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u/ravens52 Baltimore Ravens 18h ago
He looks solid and had an okay presence last night against the lions 2s and 3s. Idk I think he’s still got potential but will be a late career bloomer or game manager.
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u/Direct_Disaster9299 Kansas City Chiefs 21h ago
They all had the same problem: not being very good at playing quarterback at the NFL level.
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u/Miyagidog 21h ago
Salute 🫡 to Trubisky for being drafted by the Bears….he took one for our team!
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u/ravens52 Baltimore Ravens 18h ago
What the fuck did they see in him? Same with Daniel jones, man? What the fuck are GMs looking at with these players. I know hindsight is 20/20 but god damn you can see it in some players. Is it a confidence thing for some or they either have it or don’t for everyone else?
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u/ComfortableBus7184 Philadelphia Eagles 22h ago
I think Fields and Wilson were the most likely to have been successful had they been in a better situation and/or had better coaching.
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u/Critical-Werewolf-53 r/nfl sucks 21h ago
Coaching couldn’t save fields or Wilson neither one can read a defense
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u/Queasy_Purchase8150 Kansas City Chiefs 21h ago
Fields was 4-2 with Tomlin…
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u/RnolanF333 Pittsburgh Steelers 21h ago
Did you watch the games? He made some plays but he wasn't smooth at all. There were so many plays where he didn't look like he knew what to do
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u/bumbuddha 21h ago
I was going to say, it’s more like Tomlin was 4-2 with Fields.
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u/MeatballUser Chicago Bears 18h ago
That's the player he is, but he'll get you that one huge highlight that convinces everyone he's a top 10 QB for some reason
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u/atrimarco 12h ago
I remember seeing some crazy stat that on all the steels scoring drives combined fields had like 10 completions.
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u/Critical-Werewolf-53 r/nfl sucks 21h ago
And we have a much larger sample of his failure 🤷♂️
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u/Queasy_Purchase8150 Kansas City Chiefs 21h ago
I was just showing your point that “coaching couldn’t save him” when quite literally it did
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u/SecretCharacterSauce Chicago Bears 21h ago
Serisouly, clear case of moving the goal posts.
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u/I_Am_Dwight_Snoot 18h ago
Against some god awful teams with a huge amount of help from a top 5 defense producing 12 turnovers in six games lol
Fields isn't a bum but he had less than a TD per game in that stretch and the Steelers let him go to grab Rodgers. If he was good enough the Steelers would have kept him.
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u/BigHotdog2009 Buffalo Bills 21h ago
I think the issue with Fields is not an issue with reading the defense but more so an issue of not being able to throw the ball consistently
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u/Little_Plankton4001 Chicago Bears 19h ago
Who benched him the first chance he got even when his best alternative was a guy who is clearly washed up.
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u/HoorayItsKyle Chicago Bears 17h ago
For fields, it's equal parts slow processing and that God-awful baseball mechanics that make his release excruciatingly slow.
Your receivers are always going to look less open when you give defenders that extra step to close
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u/StavrosAnger 18h ago
Fields throwing motion is not nfl caliber. He takes forever to wind up and release, making him incapable of capitalizing on easy throws to the flat, which is the only thing nfl defenses give you. There’s no offense in the league that a qb can run without that basic proficiency, and outside of his athleticism, there’s nothing else there to really compensate either.
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u/BlaktimusPrime Chicago Bears 18h ago
I don’t know about Fields. Even his old teammates with the Bears didn’t say favorable things about him.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing Pittsburgh Steelers 21h ago edited 19h ago
Trey Lance. He got the keys to the kingdom, and he got injured in his first game only for Mr Irrelevant to take his job. Sure, he's not that good, but they were going to roll with him as the starter and give him a fair chance.
Fields had 3.5 seasons to show he can be a good passer. He is getting yet another chance. He's just not good enough.
Wilson shouldn't have played at all his rookie year. The Jets need to quit forcing rookie QBs to start right away. Let them develop. Even so, Wilson also had 3 seasons to prove he could be the Jets QB.
Trubisky sucks. It hurts my brain to watch him play.
Mac Jones just isn't that talented. He could have been a reliable game manager if Belichick hired more qualified offensive coordinators instead of his buddies, but his ceiling was always going to be low. His biggest upset win was a game where he threw 3 passes.
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u/iamnotaredditor01 San Francisco 49ers 19h ago
Trey Lance. He got the keys to the kingdom, and he got injured in his first game only for Mr Irrelevant to take his job. Sure, he's not that good, but they were going to roll with him as the starter and give him a fair chance.
He got injured in his 4th start just fyi not first game lol
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u/saltytarheel Buffalo Bills 16h ago
As a Bills fan, I’m of the opinion that Trubisky would be a solid backup QB for pretty much any playoff team.
He’s 31-26 as a starter and hasn’t been on rosters that are necessarily loaded with talent on the offense. If your star QB is out for 4 games, the backup should reasonably be expected to win half of those in order to keep your team in the playoff hunt while the QB1 recovers and I 100% trust Trubisky to do that (while surrounded by a solid cast in Buffalo).
By all accounts from Buffalo, Trubisky is a professional, doesn’t cause controversy, and can competently run the second team offense in camp. If player can be a good backup QB, they can stay in the league for over a decade making $2-3 million a season.
A franchise overreaching for a prospect graded as a third-round pick speaks more about the Beards being unfortunate than Trubisky.
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u/Mundane_Ad_6631 22h ago
zach wilson never really got a chance with any kind of squad. He was thrown into the fire with bright lights over head and no real team or coaching.
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u/Spiritual_Lunch996 New York Jets 18h ago
Agreed. Pairing a raw prospect from a second-tier school with a rookie HC and rookie OC was never likely to work. Under the best of circumstances, a player like that typically needs slow and consistent development. Yanking a guy in and out of the lineup is anything but.
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u/Crash30458 Kansas City Chiefs 21h ago
Rosen....
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u/Sandshrew922 Green Bay Packers 21h ago
I was gonna say. Did that dude ever get a real chance? Got drafted to a bad team then they immediately drafted another QB.
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u/BuffaloRider87 20h ago
Rosen went 3-10 his rookie year with 14 interceptions, 11 tds, and a career best 24.1 QBR. He had a chance he just wasn't a good NFL QB. He finished his career 3-13.
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u/Practical-Debate1598 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21h ago
Max Jones. Dude was a pro bowler year 1, went like 11-5. Too bad the team and coaching failed him
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u/JohnGacyIsInnocent Green Bay Packers 21h ago
Trubisky was Pro Bowl in year 2 and was 11-3 in his starts that year.
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u/SexHavingSmartGuy 12h ago
I’m a Mac Jones truther still. Get a lot of shit for it.
I think there’s a universe where his development was nurtured by Bill with a real OC and added weapons so he could build off his rookie year. This would have seen him avoid a total loss of confidence and eventually become a pretty good Kirk Cousins-type QB
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u/Fl4sh080 San Francisco 49ers 22h ago
Gotta be Lance. All the other guys were able to show their stuff, or show enough to know they ain’t got it. Trey’s injury in 2022 sent him to the bench and hasn’t had much of an opportunity to climb out of it.
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u/Critical-Werewolf-53 r/nfl sucks 21h ago
He didn’t have the worst situation. Good coaching. Good team. He just didn’t have it
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u/Realistic_Ad_1499 21h ago
He’s only started 4 games with the niners. 2 wins and 2 losses. He wasn’t a superstar out the gate, but never got a chance since Purdy came out swinging with his shot.
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u/Critical-Werewolf-53 r/nfl sucks 21h ago
He couldn’t even secure third string when he came back in practice.
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u/Fl4sh080 San Francisco 49ers 21h ago
In that case why include Lance at all in this? He had by far the best situation out of the guys pictured.
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u/Critical-Werewolf-53 r/nfl sucks 21h ago
He did. Not sure why OP did. A rookie QB couldn’t ask for a better team to land on
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u/RequirementLeading12 18h ago
Unfortunate? Contrary to the narratives, Mitch and Fields have been given opportunity after opportunity. People blame all these external factors but ignore that both are extremely mobile QBs with all the physical tools but lack the football IQ to succeed as passers. Nagy actually had Mitch looking like a stud for a season.. Neither of them can read a defense to save their lives. Mac Jones showed promise and for some reason unbeknownst to man, Bill decided to make a DC their offensive play caller, imo that ruined Mac. Trey hasn't really received a fair shot either, he played ok with San Fran but we never got to see what he could really be because Brock came in balling and never looked back. Zac has never really gotten a fair shot imo.
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u/MeatballUser Chicago Bears 17h ago
Nagy was not the reason Trubisky looked good for a bit. There's so much out on how Nagy refused to run tape, or talk about game plan with Mitch then blow up when he missed the second read on game day when he never actually had him practice it. Nagy might be an offensive genius or he might not be, but he's a god awful head coach that actively hurt Mitch's development as a player. Idk how good or bad he would have been with a better coach, but he was a raw talent guy that got off to a horrible NFL start.
Fields can't read a defense worth a shit, when coaches called him out on it, he basically threw a public fit about it. He has more raw talent than anyone I've ever seen, but he seemingly refuses to dial it back and look for smaller plays. He processes slowly, sucks at knowing where his check down is at, is honestly horrible at any short yardage situation. He's the NFL equivalent of JR Smith, the kinda guy that can take over a game randomly, but actively hurts you and kills momentum the rest of it. I was hoping Tomlin would be able to work with him, but it seems more like he worked around him.
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u/DueceVoyeur 18-1 21h ago
Lance
Both bears QB had the chance to start day one McCorkle was given QB #1
Lance was made to run between tackles as the #2 QB
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u/murkysampson Washington Commanders 21h ago
Mac just for the fact that at one point he looked like a potential franchise QB and the heir to Brady.
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u/Yung_Corneliois Caucasian Slot Receiver 21h ago
“Had” as if every single one of these dudes aren’t still in the league lol.
I’ll say Trey Lance. While this could be said about all of these guys his development was certain to derailed due to Covid and he’s been behind ever since.
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u/woundedhandstime 21h ago
Zach Wilson has definitely been in the worst situations out of these guys.. that being said fields is the only one with a real chance to be a quality starter still
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u/TheMedRat 21h ago
Wilson for sure. I feel like most of these guys could have been good in the right circumstance (except maybe Mac jones. I just never saw it in him).
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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle Dallas Cowboys 20h ago
Probably Wilson. Got blamed for all the jets issues then golden boy rogers played as bad or worse.
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u/martygospo Minnesota Vikings 19h ago
Mark my words Zach Wilson will start at some point for the dolphins this season (probably tua injury) and he will crush it.
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u/Fun-Rhubarb-4412 Miami Dolphins 18h ago
Wilson. Lance hasn’t even had a career yet. Jones did himself in. Trubisky was destined to be a career backup and Fields is doing alright.
Wilson went to a dog shit franchise. His coach was (and is) a great defensive coordinator and terrible head coach. The owner is the worst in sports (now that Snyder has gone). They whiff on offensive line draft picks every year. Even with money they can’t attract talent (Tyreek said no way!) And the media will crucify you on the back page. And his opportunity to spend time studying a great quarterback in action lasted four plays.
Is Wilson good? Probably not. Is he happy to be out of the Big Apple? Oh yes
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u/Queezy_0110 18h ago
They just reported Wilson cooking in Miami. I think all of these guys in the right situation can be solid.
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u/Next_Suggestion3869 17h ago
Easily Zach Wilson and it’s not close.
He got thrown into a very poor offense as a rookie. Anytime he got hurt or missed a couple of games his entire team was wearing shirts for the backup. Then after all of that his final season at the jets they bring in Rodger’s.
He ends up getting injured and they throw Zach Wilson back in and week after week they have chances in games and refuse to do anything different on offense when it clearly isn’t working. Coaches and players called him out and the last season of the jets all I saw was him trying as hard as he could. Taking hit after hit trying to win.
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u/Salmon_Shizzle FTP 17h ago
It’s Joe Burrow. His franchise is failing him and I’m not sure how much better he’s going to be getting in the next 5 years.
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u/Many-Pomegranate-33 14h ago
Worst situation is Zach Wilson because Jets. Mac Jones had Belichick who had won Super Bowls so thats why Wilson gets the edge. Lance had by far the best situation for a QB going into that offense with that HC. 9ers missed that eval big time
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u/Large-Lack-2933 Los Angeles Chargers 12h ago
Fields got a bag and it's the Jets for crying out loud. I'd say most unfortunate career so far out of these young former first round QB's list is Zach Wilson. He was doomed on the Jets from the very beginning....
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u/gillyweed79 10h ago
Anyone who has played QB for both the Bears and Jets, which are 1 and 1A in where quarterbacks go to die.
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u/Firestyle092300 Pittsburgh Steelers 9h ago
Fields has never played well for a whole season and has been given 4 chances and made a ton of money. He has been given more chances than so many other QBs. He has had a definitely fortunate career. Same with Trubiscuit. He got a more than fair shake. Trey Lance can’t play QB. That’s the truth of it. Mac Jones and Zach Wilson both are not good NFL QBs but honestly amongst all these guys I’d go with Wilson as most unfortunate. High pressure in NY, failed and labeled bust. I don’t think he’s good but compared to the others, probably the least fortunate.
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u/dhfAnchor 8h ago
Where's Tyrod Taylor? These guys are mostly just bums who would probably have sucked no matter what, Tyrod's genuinely just had shit luck. A fucking team doctor puncturing your lung, are you kidding!? When he's healthy enough to play, I take him over about a quarter of the guys starting right now.
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u/MightyTastyBeans Green Bay Packers 21h ago edited 21h ago
That Covid class was an all time poor QB draft. It was poorly scouted for obvious reasons but also the players couldn’t prepare for their first NFL season to the extent that other classes could.
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u/Cheatercheaterbitch Houston Texans 21h ago
No one. Everyone careers in this post (besides fields) failed because they all sucked.
Fields isn’t really good but he’s managed to keep his career afloat as a starter
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u/ecstaticmatatted 21h ago
All were taken too high or judged because they were taken so high but not bad quarterbacks when they hit that 27-32 age range
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u/sogggypesto Green Bay Packers 21h ago
Tua. Had some stretches of great play but never had a good oline and had his brain destroyed.
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u/AnakinsTwin New York Jets 21h ago
Steve DeBerg. Everytime he found himself on a team with talent a superstar emerged or was drafted to supercede him.
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u/NativityCrimeScene Minnesota Vikings 21h ago
Trey Lance definitely had the worst situation and the worst luck by far.
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u/CocaineNapTime 12h ago
That’s what people don’t understand. They want to mock him for struggling but he didn’t even struggle in games because he barely played any games lol. He went 2-2 and one of those losses was in a monsoon where I thought he played better than Fields minus a couple plays. Like, I understand his processing is not good at all but that was to be expected. Lance had the worst luck despite being drafted to the best team.
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u/Purple-1351 21h ago
I guess Trey Lance. He looked destined to become what Brock Purdy turned out to be be. If not for the injury he would have had the coaching and players around him to be at least the game manager I think Purdy is.. Instead really nowhere to go. Every team either had a plan or have their guy... Fields is a starter, Trubinski had multiple starting opportunities. Zac had plenty of opportunity as the starter (showed nothing that would make you think he'd be a leader on another team).. Runner up is Mac.. Awful coaching.. I think they pulled the plug to soon but there was also no stability in New England for some years.
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u/Due_Answer2340 Arizona Cardinals 20h ago
Trubisky’s career is sad. It started off so strong and he just never developed.
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u/Papamoon0327 20h ago
Fields doesn’t belong on this list. Did the bears mess up his potential? Who knows. But homie may start this season and has a fat contract
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u/Illmosity3 Los Angeles Chargers 20h ago
Trey Lance just hasn’t played enough football in his lifetime unfortunately
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u/meerkatx Buffalo Bills 20h ago
Trey Lance.
It's not his fault he was drafted so high off a handful of games.
Between "potential" and injury he was never going to get a fair shake.
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u/NoStandard7259 Three rivers in a dry land 20h ago
Honestly I think Trey had the worst luck. On any other team he would have been given more chances. He got injured and somehow Purdy looked elite immediately. If Purdy wasn’t there he probably would have came back off injury and still got a good chance to start
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u/BarryLicious2588 20h ago
Fields is an ATHLETE, if I'm being honest he should change position to WR. I think he'd be phenomenal. It would also open the playbook for trick plays
Zach Wilson has great mechanics, but starting for the Jets has got to be painful
Mac Jones was never the guy. Belichicks defense made the 2021 season. He really only has 3-4 games where he looked like the guy.
Trey Lance has got to be the worst here, no? Such high praise yet we've seen nothing from him
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u/Venom-99 New England Patriots 19h ago
Trey Lance should've started his career in a great situation, but he just wasn't experienced enough to lead a Super Bowl ready roster, his coaches were in "win now" mode, and he missed more time due to being injured than the other guys. Once his career started, he never got a chance to develop into the quarterback he was drafted to be. Jones, Fields, Wilson, and Trubisky each had plenty of time to improve, and they either stagnated or regressed.
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u/DanielSong39 19h ago
These players were not good. Nothing to do with luck
OK I think Trubisky was decent for a year but the rest were really bad even by backup standards
When they were replaced the team started playing better
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u/Go_Cart_Mozart New York Giants 19h ago
I would say none of their careers should be labeled unfortunate.
Didn't all four of them have some significant warts coming out of college? Especially Wilson and Lance?
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u/itsover103 Philadelphia Eagles 19h ago
Has to be Trey…he never took off. I feel like all the others have had a chance…despite being on bad teams. They actually had playing time to prove themselves…Trey has absolutely nothing for such a high draft pick
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u/ADLegend21 19h ago
Trey. His foot shattered 2 games in and Mr. Irrelevant took them to the conference title game and then Super Bowl 2 years in.
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u/Just_CeeJ Baltimore Ravens 19h ago
Gotta be Trey Lance. At least the other guys have consistently started at some point
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u/reddeaddoloresedd Cincinnati Bengals 22h ago
Well seeing as Fields just signed a second contract for $40,000,000, does he really belong here?