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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/bilbobiggers on 2024-04-08 23:26:40.
Steve Young’s career blows my mind. He flamed out of Tampa Bay, didn’t become a starter again until he was 30 and went on to become a Hall of Famer.
There’s no way something like this would happen to a quarterback today, given the level of scrutiny and media harassment they go through and the very short timeframe they have to show results. It would be like if Mac Jones took over in Jacksonville in 2030 and turned into Drew Brees all of a sudden.
Maybe it made more sense at the time? I don’t know much about the NFL of the 80s/90s, so maybe someone can give me more context about how he got there.