The next step is not just to get the second one, but to get one against a quarterback considerably more accomplished than he is.
That’s not meant as a slight, it’s just reality. Obviously, quarterbacks don’t really play each other, but the quarterback matchup plays as big a role in the outcome of NFL games as the turnover ratio. Passer-rating differential is a telling stat week after week.
It’s a tall order for a young quarterback with barely one pelt on the wall to outplay an accomplished veteran at the game’s most important position.