In this year’s inaugural episode of the Cardinals’ Flight Plan, the Cardinals’ owner and team president, Michael Bidwill, described 2nd year QB Josh Rosen as the team’s “franchise quarterback.”
When I heard Bidwill, the first question that came to my mind was could Bidwill (and we fans) have called Matt Leinart (also a #10 1st round draft pick) the team’s franchise QB after Leinart’s first year?
2006 Matt Leinart: 4-7, 56.8%, 2,547 yards, 11 TD, 12 int., 21 sacks, 212.3 ypg, 56.8 QBR
2018 Josh Rosen: 3-10, 55.2%, 2,278 yards, 11 TD, 14 int., 45 sacks, 162.