Since 2016, I have taken to diving into the facts behind fan beliefs and seeing whether or not they have a grounding in actual evidence. My favorite such piece was this one, where I legitimately learned something new about research done on synthetic turf, but given the struggles of the last few years I have spent more and more time looking at the draft, like here.
Recently, though, there has been a lot of noise about whether or not a quarterback actually shows his true potential early on. So, I went to Pro Football Reference, busted out an extraordinarily simple Excel Spreadsheet, and I got to work.