Tough games and stretches are inevitable for any rookie quarterback. Defenses are far quicker and more physical than any first-year signal-callers could ever imagine, thus narrowing any room for error on throws that were once routinely easy.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, teams with rookie starting quarterbacks have a combined record of 1-10 (.091 win percentage) thus far. That is the worst such mark through Week 3 since the 1970 merger (minimum five starts). Such figures don't fall solely at the feet of these promising rookies. Their transitions to the NFL can go only as well as head coaches and veteran teammates support them along the way.