49ers GM John Lynch: Evaluating college QBs no easy task
The 49ers could very well use a high-end draft pick on a quarterback this spring, but that won’t necessarily mean they’ll expect him to immediately start in 2017.
On Tuesday, general manager John Lynch noted the increasingly steep learning curve college quarterbacks face when they arrived at the next level.
In discussing the trend on KNBR, Lynch mentioned two rookie quarterbacks:
Denver’s Paxton Lynch, a first-round pick, and Dallas’ Dak Prescott, a fourth-rounder.
Why did he get drafted in the fourth round?
Because no one saw him do the things that he would need to do in the NFL to be successful.
Paxton Lynch, a guy on the Broncos, is an immensely talented kid.
Put him in a huddle and he had to turn and look to his coach for help because he had never called a play.
[...] it’s the reality because it’s all over high school and college football.