Bill Barnwell’s NFL Rookie QB Report Card

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🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the first three weeks of the NFL season, the 2021 rookie quarterback class has...struggled. Bears QB Justin Fields was sacked nine times on Sunday, Jaguars’ playcaller Trevor Lawrence has been turning over the ball under pressure, and Zach Wilson hasn’t been set up to succeed by the Jets. Bill Barnwell assesses what’s gone wrong for the rookie QBs so far, and whether we’ll see improvement. Then: Pablo asks for your help! It’s October, so in the spirit of the season we’re asking you to share your sports superstitions...and you might just hear them on the show. Leave us a message at 424-438-0717. Tell us about your weird, wacky sports stories of ghosts, curses, rituals and the supernatural. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So these rookies are off to historically terrible starts.
0:07.2	Trevor Lawrence has a QBR of 23.3.
0:10.3	That's on a scale of 1 to 100.
0:12.2	You can't have a 0.
0:13.6	So from 1 to 100, his QBR is 23.3.
0:17.5	Zach Wilson's is 22.1.
0:19.5	And Justin Fields, God bless him, is 7.1. It couldn't be worse.
0:26.5	It's real easy to be optimistic about a rookie quarterback in early September. It's easy to be
0:32.0	optimistic when the slate is blank and Mel Kuyper's reports are still ringing in our ears. And the
0:37.3	dream of a better future
0:38.4	has not yet been sacked nine times in a single game.
0:43.0	But it is October now.
0:45.2	And the NFL's rookie class of highly touted first-round starters have collectively looked helpless.
0:52.3	So today, Dr. Bill Barnwell is back to diagnose what's afflicting the future faces of
0:57.9	these franchises and to tell us if there's a cure.
1:03.0	I'm Pablo Torre.
1:04.4	It's Friday, October 1st.
1:07.0	This is ESPN Daily.
1:11.1	Bill Barnwell, I've missed you.
1:13.8	I've missed your humor.
1:15.4	I've missed your unbelievable energy.
1:18.3	I've missed cheating off of the homework that you do.
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