Exactly. 1 game. That's it. Realistically, a rookie NFL QB, who had limited experience in the NCAA needs time to develop. That's not debatable. The question then becomes, how much time? I think that depends on his talents (including smarts), his surrounding cast and the ability of the coaches coaching him. That's the nice thing.
He has those talents (and he displayed some yesterday). He's on a talented team (surrounding cast). And he's got possibly the best coaching in the NFL. So it's easy to get excited after his performance yesterday as long as it's tempered with realism. Happy for him? I'm fucking happy for us!!!!!! We have the reigning MVP under center with a talented, coachable, young QB learning from him while he waits in the wings and develops.
What I find interesting is he's the first rookie QB to debute in the preseason with at least 190 yards and 2 TDs since Baker Mayfield in 2018. We know what happened to Baker. He was with a shit organization, with the illustrious Hue Jackson at HC, then loser Freddie "couldn't stay out of the" Kitchens the next year. Finally Stefanski enters and Baker takes them to the postseason for the first time in 18 years. Then an off year where he was injured, after which they traded him to Carolina. And next he gets a boost from McVay and the Rams, ends up in Tampa taking them to the postseason his first two years. I'm seeing the problem wasn't Baker but the Browns and Panthers. But still Tampa seems to want to go the same route as those two.
My bet is Simpson does not go the route of Mayfield.