I don't know if he has two good years left, but last season he played with a broken thumb on his throwing hand, making full recovery difficult, if not impossible. Given that this followed two consecutive MVP years, he at least deserves a shot at proving last year was an aberration, rather than a precipitous decline.
I'm more of a college football fan, so its fun to see how the players I watched over the years get picked.
I could be wrong, but rarely do we see great players in the NFL who were drafted low. Brady, and Purdy are the exceptions, and even now we need to see more of Purdy to confirm he's the real deal.
With baseball, the cream rises to the top, since each player usually his A, AA, AAA baseball and by the time they're in AAA their talent is verifiable. Plus playing styles is such, that a football player who was very successful in college will fail to experience the same level of success. Where as baseball, its more static, i.e., can they catch, throw, hit, run.
No question - just look at Zeke, and how his performance fell off a cliff fairly quickly. The cowboys to their credit admitted that they probably shouldn't have picked him so high.
I don't follow the Vikings, but here's what little I do know.
I don't know about that, but from what I read, there was some sort of toe injury that he tried to get ahead of but failed. What sort of personality concerns were there?
Some of his stats are certainly down for 2022 over 2021 but they seem to be more of his rushing. His passing stats don't look horrible, though there's a big uptick in sacks and his rushing yards is rubbish.
