GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to NFL@lemmy.world · 5 months ago[Rapoport] The #Vikings list QB Sam Darnold as the starter on their initial depth chart, not a surprise.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1image[Rapoport] The #Vikings list QB Sam Darnold as the starter on their initial depth chart, not a surprise.lemmy.worldGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to NFL@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareconciselyverboselinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThat doesn’t mean they shouldn’t play. (Peyton didn’t break because he started bad.) That experience matters. And the practices matter, because there aren’t enough in-season reps to develop the rookie as the backup.
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That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t play. (Peyton didn’t break because he started bad.)
That experience matters. And the practices matter, because there aren’t enough in-season reps to develop the rookie as the backup.