Whicker: Josh Rosen brings self-awareness to 5th NFL stop

He said immoderate unfortunate things.

He didn’t person immoderate thought that NFL quarterbacking required a monk’s devotion and a microprocessor’s mind.

He is grateful for the “second accidental to marque a archetypal impression,” adjacent though it became a third, a 4th and present a fifth. At immoderate point, adjacent successful a 32-team league, those chances expire.

This is not conscionable however the NFL media assemblage looks astatine Josh Rosen. This is however Josh Rosen looks astatine Josh Rosen. At slightest successful nationalist helium tin grip the truth.

The 10th wide prime successful the 2018 draught has signed with the Atlanta Falcons, a one-year woody worthy $850,000, a spot that opened erstwhile A.J. McCarron got hurt. He is the antheral down Matt Ryan, a 36-year-old with seemingly un-sprainable ligaments. Amazingly, Rosen is inactive conscionable 24.

While Ryan and the different Sunday Falcons were relaxing, Rosen entered the last preseason crippled against Cleveland. He completed 9 of 18 passes for 118 yards and 2 sacks. He besides threw a 7-yard touchdown to Juwan Green. He hadn’t done that since Sept. 29, 2019, when, arsenic a Miami Dolphin, helium recovered DeVante Parker for 34 yards against the Chargers successful Carson.

“It’s similar that play changeable that keeps you coming back,” Rosen said. “It was large to observe and get the head-slaps connected the sidelines. I’ve missed that.”

Rosen had conscionable gotten to Atlanta aft the 49ers chopped him. They had conscionable drafted Trey Lance 3rd wide successful April. After Rosen’s twelvemonth with the Dolphins, and aft helium was benched successful favour of Ryan Fitzpatrick, Miami drafted Tua Tagovailoa. After Rosen’s rookie twelvemonth with Arizona, 1 successful which the Cardinals richly deserved their 3-13 grounds and the archetypal wide pick, the Cardinals picked Kyler Murray. Rosen is understandably bushed of being the beforehand man.

But helium did get a vicarious Super Bowl acquisition past season, since helium was connected Tampa Bay’s signifier squad.

“When I got benched successful Miami, I said, ‘OK, hold a minute, something’s not working,’” Rosen said. “I’m tall, I’m smart, I’ve got a bully arm. What’s missing?

“So I followed Fitz astir each infinitesimal of each day, and I realized conscionable however multi-faceted a occupation it is to beryllium an NFL quarterback. I learned conscionable what it took.”

Scroll backmost to 2018, erstwhile Rosen was successful a QB premix with Baker Mayfield (drafted first), Sam Darnold (third), Josh Allen (seventh) and Lamar Jackson (32nd). The Raiders took him 10th, past dealt him to Arizona for 3 picks, including erstwhile UCLA teammate Kolton Miller astatine 15th overall.

Former St. John Bosco High and UCLA backmost Josh Rosen was the toast of the Arizona Cardinals aft being taken 10th wide successful the 2018 NFL draft. A twelvemonth later, helium was traded to the Miami Dolphins. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)

Rosen said the drafters made “nine mistakes,” though helium amended it to three, conscionable the quarterbacks.

The biggest mistake was taking Jackson truthful low, since helium became an MVP. Mayfield and Allen are established successful Cleveland and Buffalo, and Darnold gets different changeable successful Charlotte. Five different players successful the apical 10 person been to Pro Bowls.

Rosen’s worst interruption was getting contiguous playing time. After an abject 45-10 surrender to the Chargers, the Cardinals went to Green Bay and instantly showed wherefore betting connected NFL games is similar taking equine dewormer. Rosen’s numbers weren’t good, but his 33-yard scramble enactment Arizona successful spot to stun the Packers 20-17.

Rosen has a .548 completion percent with 12 touchdowns and 19 interceptions, and his teams person mislaid 13 of his 16 starts. Once upon a time, helium took St. John Bosco to nationalist heights, and 1 nighttime helium shrugged astatine a Rose Bowl scoreboard that said UCLA was losing to Texas A&M 44-10 and rearranged the airy bulbs and got UCLA a 45-44 win.

St. John Bosco’s Josh Rosen (3) jumps into the stands to observe with fans their 20-14 triumph against Concord De La Salle successful the CIF State Football Bowl Championships connected Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, astatine StubHub Center successful Carson.Photo by Steve McCrank/DailyBreeze

“He hasn’t had a unchangeable environment, but helium had 3 backmost coaches successful 3 years astatine UCLA, too,” said St. John Bosco manager Jason Negro. “Every spring, determination was a caller instal for him, from shotgun to under-center backmost to shotgun.

“Football is each astir repetition. You tin get amended with affirmative reps if you’re teaching them the aforesaid way. And helium astir apt had amended violative linemen and a amended moving crippled erstwhile helium was here. He was a sitting duck up there. I learned from Josh erstwhile helium was here. He challenged the coaches each day. He brought maine to different level, and there’s nary question helium tin win if fixed the circumstances.”

But the NFL, and its fans, spot Rosen arsenic a tourer overwhelmed by baggage. His helmet mightiness beryllium successful his manus each year. When helium does usage it, helium plans to “go backmost to Pop Warner, conscionable enactment late, survey hard, grip it and rip it and anticipation for the best. I’ve stumbled capable successful my career. For now, it’s afloat gas.”

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