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[I'm posting this in the draft forum in the hopes that this doesn't turn into a pie fight over the question of his being drafted in the first place. I also re-titled the thread, since I don't want to imply that I have the answers here. ]
By any standard, Garoppolo had either the best or second-best performance of any rookie QB that Belichick has drafted. You could make an argument for second-best on the grounds that Brady was actually more accurate than Garoppolo was, but a major argument in favor of Garoppolo is that he threw as many touchdowns (five) as all of his predecessors combined their rookie seasons (either zero or one each), and even if you adjust for the snaps played, he still threw touchdowns at something like three times the rate of all his predecessors.
Moreover, unlike in years past, the Patriots announced well ahead of time that Garoppolo would be playing the entire fourth preseason game. That was not a courtesy that Ryan Mallett was ever given (in 2011 and 2012, he split time with Hoyer; in 2013, with Tebow), and with Hoyer it was a mere accident (they had intended to have Walter play, too, but they decided during the game that they wanted to see what Hoyer could do playing the entire game).
So my question is this: what worked out differently with Garoppolo, especially to account for the TD differential? Was it merely that he's just that good, or is it a conscious difference in terms of approach this offseason?
By any standard, Garoppolo had either the best or second-best performance of any rookie QB that Belichick has drafted. You could make an argument for second-best on the grounds that Brady was actually more accurate than Garoppolo was, but a major argument in favor of Garoppolo is that he threw as many touchdowns (five) as all of his predecessors combined their rookie seasons (either zero or one each), and even if you adjust for the snaps played, he still threw touchdowns at something like three times the rate of all his predecessors.
Moreover, unlike in years past, the Patriots announced well ahead of time that Garoppolo would be playing the entire fourth preseason game. That was not a courtesy that Ryan Mallett was ever given (in 2011 and 2012, he split time with Hoyer; in 2013, with Tebow), and with Hoyer it was a mere accident (they had intended to have Walter play, too, but they decided during the game that they wanted to see what Hoyer could do playing the entire game).
So my question is this: what worked out differently with Garoppolo, especially to account for the TD differential? Was it merely that he's just that good, or is it a conscious difference in terms of approach this offseason?