Kyle Odegard of azcardinals.com wrote an excellent piece yesterday about how the Cardinals need to capitalize on getting good quickly while QB Kyler Murray is on his rookie contract. Here is the link:
It’s a great read—-and one of the most salient points that KO makes is that all of the Super Bowl QBs since 2011 were on their rookie contracts, save Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
The evidence is clear—-having a starting QB for 4-5 years on a rookie contract creates a 4-5 year Super Bowl window, that is if the GM can make a string of a astute coaching and personnel moves.