Shame of the game - Patriots

[Spider-Dan]

To be clear on what you are suggesting:

In order to follow this plan to fruition, a team must determine that a QB is great while he is still on his rookie contract (specifically, by the end of year 3).  At the end of year 3, a promising young QB will cost a team escalating amounts of money to re-sign the longer they wait; one example would be Joe Flacco, who signed the biggest contract in the league at the time (even though he is FAR from the best QB).

In other words, this plan essentially boils down to giving every rookie QB 3 years to win the Super Bowl.  If he can't do it in that time frame, discard and start over.  This seems like an exceptionally poor plan for fielding a consistently competitive team, and is more akin to "Trust The Process" used by the Sam Hinkie-era Philadelphia 76ers.