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This was inspired by Kerr's thread.
"In San Fransisco, by contrast, Joe Montana had spent much of his rookie year [1979] watching veteran Steve Deberg play quarterback. The 49ers had resisted the urge to rush Joe onto the field even though they had labored through a 2-14 season. Joe threw just 23 passes during the year, and his first start did not come until the 14th game of the season. Again in 1980, the 49ers held Joe back. After the first 4 games, he had thrown only 6 times. Then he began to see a little more action, and in their seveth game he was given the starting assignment.
"The 49ers broght Joe along exactly how a young quarterback should have been. They had minimized the pressure on Joe, while allowing him to learn, to gain confidence, to master the tools he possessed."
(page 229)
I don't think I need to write an epilogue to tell anyone how the Joe Montana story ends (according to John Madden, he was the first Tom Brady
). So based on the Joe Montana formula (or at least Marv's interpretation of it), Mularkey did the right thing by holding back on Losman last year. There was no point in putting pressure on him to win while we had a chance at the playoffs, and he was given the opportunity to observe a veteran and learn the offense.
This year, however, I'm not sure if Marv would agree. On one hand, the Bills D, ST, and McGahee were supposed to take pressure off of Losman and allow him to win with minimal effort, so from that standpoint the pressure on JP is minimized. On the other hand, that formula hasn't worked so far, and regardless of how good the rest of the team is, it's a lot of pressure to be the starting QB on a team that most considered "playoff caliber" at the start of the season.
So is too much pressure being put on JP? (mental pressure- I'm not talking about opposing pass rushes that our Swiss cheese O-line can't stop)
"In San Fransisco, by contrast, Joe Montana had spent much of his rookie year [1979] watching veteran Steve Deberg play quarterback. The 49ers had resisted the urge to rush Joe onto the field even though they had labored through a 2-14 season. Joe threw just 23 passes during the year, and his first start did not come until the 14th game of the season. Again in 1980, the 49ers held Joe back. After the first 4 games, he had thrown only 6 times. Then he began to see a little more action, and in their seveth game he was given the starting assignment.
"The 49ers broght Joe along exactly how a young quarterback should have been. They had minimized the pressure on Joe, while allowing him to learn, to gain confidence, to master the tools he possessed."
(page 229)
I don't think I need to write an epilogue to tell anyone how the Joe Montana story ends (according to John Madden, he was the first Tom Brady
). So based on the Joe Montana formula (or at least Marv's interpretation of it), Mularkey did the right thing by holding back on Losman last year. There was no point in putting pressure on him to win while we had a chance at the playoffs, and he was given the opportunity to observe a veteran and learn the offense.This year, however, I'm not sure if Marv would agree. On one hand, the Bills D, ST, and McGahee were supposed to take pressure off of Losman and allow him to win with minimal effort, so from that standpoint the pressure on JP is minimized. On the other hand, that formula hasn't worked so far, and regardless of how good the rest of the team is, it's a lot of pressure to be the starting QB on a team that most considered "playoff caliber" at the start of the season.
So is too much pressure being put on JP? (mental pressure- I'm not talking about opposing pass rushes that our Swiss cheese O-line can't stop)
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