I would bet strongly against Sam Bradford's career breaking into the second coming of Rick Mirer. The sample size of one season is too small to accurately draw this parallel. But if I was a betting man, that would be a good place to push the chips right now while expectations are unreasonable.
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It was in a completely different offensive philosophy and is hardly a strong comparison, but 2008 Joe Flacco>2010 Sam Bradford in most every way.
Still, Matt Ryan's rookie year was the best year by a rookie QB in all the year's I've been following the NFL.