Bryce Young was the first pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. I have opinions about the type of professional quarterback that he will be, but that is another blog for another time. Drafting quarterbacks is like eating ice cream. Some people like vanilla or chocolate or strawberry. There are at least 31 flavors to choose from. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, however what you see is not always what you get.
Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder
The Carolina Panthers see a smart, intuitive, and good passer with great character and leadership skills. Bryce Young has experience, a Heisman Trophy, and Alabama pedigree. Nobody knows if he will be a great or even good quarterback, furthermore the microscope is poised to magnify every move. Time will tell.
The Phrase Has Been Around Forever
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a phrase that has been with us for quite some time. A variation was first used somewhere around the 3rd Century B.C. in Greek. William Shakespeare wrote, “Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye…” in Love Labours Lost in 1588. Ben Franklin said it this way in Poor Richard’s Almanac in 1741: “Beauty, like supreme dominion is but supported by opinion.” Margaret Wolfe Hungerford is credited with giving us the phrase in our modern and most used form. She wrote, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” in Molly Bawn in 1878. Despite the evolution of the English language, it has stuck all of these years. Time always tells.
You Decide
You get to decide what is beautiful. If you say something is beautiful I can respectfully disagree. My opinion doesn’t matter. Beauty is in your eye as the beholder. Bryce Young is not that beautiful a quarterback in my opinion. I have been wrong before. The Carolina Panthers and coach Frank Reich think he is beautiful. That is all that matters. Time will tell. It always does.
