How many losses would you trade for QB development?

In the MVP thread, Willis seems to be the consensus MVP for last year. I am not a huge Willis fan, but he certainly just managed to keep the bowl and LOLUVa streaks alive, so he's got that going for him. It also seems to be a consensus that Willis is a high floor, low ceiling type of QB. He came in playing at a certain level and we don't expect him to really elevate his game before he leaves. I wanted to ask a follow up question.

How many more games would you have been willing to lose last year if it meant having one of the other QBs (Hooker or Patterson) get the experience of first team reps and in game experience to come into this season really primed to take the reins?

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