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And that's for a number of reasons. The only way to get QBs back then was through the draft or by a trade since there was no free agency. Coaches had much better job security back then as opposed to today. He was the #1 overall draft pick and back then you just didn't want to give up that huge of an investment quickly.
Plus the fact that it was the dead-ball era so those numbers, while bad by today's standards and still bad by those standards, were not nearly as bad back then as they would be considered today.
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[–] fricknmaniac 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
And that's for a number of reasons. The only way to get QBs back then was through the draft or by a trade since there was no free agency. Coaches had much better job security back then as opposed to today. He was the #1 overall draft pick and back then you just didn't want to give up that huge of an investment quickly.
Plus the fact that it was the dead-ball era so those numbers, while bad by today's standards and still bad by those standards, were not nearly as bad back then as they would be considered today.