I guess I'm saying if you have a guy you really believe in, upgrade the OL to improve the running game and then put your 1st
Round QB on the field and let him learn.
However, interesting conclusions, and gave me some insight into later
round QB's that I didn't have before.
Projected 1st
round QB hands sizes, for those who wonder (or worry) about such things: Josh Allen: 10 1/8 Sam Darnold: 9 3/8 Lamar Jackson: 9 1/2 Baker Mayfield: 9 1/2 Josh Rosen: 9 7/8 By comparison, 2016 No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff has 9» hands The End.
Wait another two years (hopefully after we've won a SB) and with the 32nd pick, we can find a quality 1st - early 2nd
round QB that can pass and RUN the rock
1st
round QB's have a significant failure rate.
A first
round QB for this team, who will sit on the bench for two to three years is a waste and is throwing the white towel into the ring.
Keep in mind that a lot of 1st
round QB's fail.
It's possible to get a QB without «selling the future» to get a top of the 1st
round QB, but you guys didn't address those possibilities because you're invested in the Chargers getting Jackson at 17.
And the «sure fire safe bet first
round QB» is anything but a guarantee.
and even if it were true, doesn't that mean we are good with Eli or does that mean taking a late 1st
round QB next year is good too?
Would he pass on a first
round QB to give his chosen coach (and arguably his chosen QB in Pax) another chance?
He is definitely my choice for a late
round QB for this offense.
Heck, if we could build a great Oline like Dallas, we could turn a fourth
round QB draft pick rookie into an all star and have the leading rusher in the NFL 2 years in a row.
It's all good and if we get a first
round QB he beats out some other QBs.
You over value a very limited sample size from two QBs who entered the NFL for vastly better then typical NFL teams selecting a first
round QB.
A first
round QB who asks questions will get answers.
But if a first -
round QB selection is a potential coach - killer, as they all are, that coach is going to do his damnedest to make sure that kid knows what he's doing.
In the second and third rounds, the Patriots» record has been uneven, though the highlights include 2016 third - round OG Joe Thuney, who's been a stalwart on the left side of the Pats» OL, and 2014 second -
round QB Jimmy Garoppolo, worthwhile both as Tom Brady's backup and as an attractive trade chip that eventually netted New England a second - round pick from San Francisco.
There is a strong miss rate on 1st
round QBs, the last few years have seen mostly hits but what if we go back to the days of Locker, Harrington, Russel etc?
Sometimes you have to gamble, and some times you get lucky, but playing the odds your chances are statistically a lot better of hitting on a 1st
rounder QB, than a 6th.
Because the transition is so rough these days from college to the NFL, first
round QBs are collectively a bust waiting to happen.
«Young» certainly does not mean «good», but it's still the case that among the first
round QBs, Darnold is easily the youngest.
For example I'm sure QB position would be atop the list bc you just don't see late
round QBs become pro bowl often.
Things may have worked out for some clubs with late
round QBs, but not the Giants.
Not exact matches
A lot of GMs value production which is also why guys like Alshon go in the 2nd
round even though he had the most receiving yards in the SEC his sophomore year then his stats fell off a cliff with a new coach and
QB his Junior year.
You'd have a $ 21 m
QB (Eli), + 2nd overall pick, + 3rd
round pick.
There have been plenty of later
round picked
QBs who turn out to be solid backups at least.
I'm thinking defense or
QB in first
round with more defensive players day 2.
Michigan State
QB Connor Cook, once expected to be drafted in the 1st
round, hasn't been picked through two days of the NFL Draft.
«Ted Thompson wouldn't, even if he could... he would be admitting «I was wrong (re: drafting a bad
QB in
round 1 the previous year)» but he should.
I look at the fact they basically traded a 1st (depending on how you value fuller) and a 3rd
round pick (HUGE HAUL) to go get a
qb in an off season that had more
qbs than any i have EVER seen before.
thought it was going to be hard finding
QBs similar to josh allen that went in the first
round.
I know some have them doing something similar but instead getting Lamar Jackson early 2nd
round but imo he's just too fragile and frail to play
QB in the NFL — he actually would be another RG3 imo.
There are
QB's I really like in that next tier (Jackson, Rudolph, Lauletta, Mike White and even Luke Falk), but IMO they're all gone by the 3rd
round.
If drafted — both are considered among the top dozen
QBs, so it's likely both will be — the duo won't be the first former Florida quarterbacks to end up in the NFL since Tim Tebow was somewhat controversially taken in 2010's first
round.
thought it'd be cool to compare the
QBs that are getting 1st
round buzz so far.
Giving up high
round draft picks to get a
QB at the detriment to other positions would be just as big of a risk if not a much longer term risk.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 1: Barkley, Saquon, RB, Penn State (A)
Round 1 Pick 4: Chubb, Bradley, DE, North Carolina State (A)
Round 2 Pick 1: Jackson, Lamar,
QB, Louisville (A +)
Round 2 Pick 3: Hughes, Mike, CB, Central Florida (A)
Round 2 Pick 32: Reid, Justin, FS, Stanford (A +)
Round 4 Pick 14: Gallup, Michael, WR, Colorado State (A +)
Round 5 Pick 13: Haynes, Marquis, OLB / DE, Mississippi (A)
Round 6 Pick 1: Brown, Andrew, DT, Virginia (A +)
Round 7 Pick 1: Young, Kenny, ILB, UCLA (A +)
More articles like this will make it harder to draft Mahomes in the 10th
round of my fantasy league (I think he'll be a top 8 fantasy
QB easily).
Round 1 Jaire Alexander CB
Round 2 Harrison Phillips NT / DT
Round 3 PJ Hall DT
Round 4 Fred Warner LB / FS
Round 6 Javon Wimms WR
Round 7 Riley Ferguson
QB Round 7 Ryan Nall FB
Spending a 1st
round pick (especially trading up to do so) on a
QB is waving a white flag on Super Bowl contention.
Unless a high rated player drops to the 17th position that you can't pass up (excluding
QB, which won't help the team in 2018), I would draft OT 1st
round; DT or MLB in the 2nd
round; DT or MLB (which ever was not drafted in the 2nd
round) in the 3rd
round; DT in the 4th
round; and best available (keeping in mind special teams) in the 5th, 6th, and 7th
rounds.
QBs can be found in all areas of the draft — See Brady, Romo, even Joe Montana was a 3rd
rounder.
If
QB is the most important position on the roster and you think you have the right
QB of the future, then you don't risk screwing that up for a first
rounder you won't be using to get the right
QB of the future.
Flip a 2nd
rounder for Alex and we end up better off in draft capital because of the compensation and get a
QB upgrade at 17M / yr
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 14: Ward, Denzel, CB, Ohio State (A)
Round 2 Pick 13: Hernandez, Will, OG, Texas - El Paso (A +)
Round 3 Pick 12: Washington, James, WR, Oklahoma State (A)
Round 4 Pick 1: Gallup, Michael, WR, Colorado State (A --RRB-
Round 4 Pick 37 (DAL): Fumagalli, Troy, TE, Wisconsin (A +)
Round 5 Pick 4 (SEA): Burks, Oren, OLB, Vanderbilt (A +)
Round 5 Pick 35: Nelson, Nick, CB, Wisconsin (A +)
Round 5 Pick 37: Herndon, Christopher, TE, Miami (FL)(A)
Round 6 Pick 12: Mataafa, Hercules, OLB, Washington State (A +)
Round 6 Pick 18 (DAL): Litton, Chase,
QB, Marshall (A +)
Round 6 Pick 33: Watts, Armani, FS, Texas AM (A +)
Round 6 Pick 37 (HOU): Parris, Timon, OT, Stony Brook (A +)
Round 7 Pick 4 (HOU): Bellamy, Davin, OLB, Georgia (A +)
Round 7 Pick 14: J Hall, P, DT, Sam Houston State (A +)
Round 7 Pick 21: Wallace, Levi, CB, Alabama (A +)
Then with some sort of a middle sport 1st
round pick, they could draft Lamp as their plug and play right guard and have 4 picks in the 2nd and 3rd
rounds for DE, S, CB, and WR or developmental
QB.
If a
QB rated higher than your 3rd
round draft pick is still on the board, who you think will develop in your system, take him in the 3rd
round, but not higher.
Maybe, just maybe, could part of the reason the Chiefs fired a guy that left us with so little cap room we had to release Maclin to sign that
QB we traded up in the first
round to draft be because of how thin this secondary is and how there is no cap room to spend to fix it?
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 17 (LAC): James, Derwin, SS / FS, Florida State (A --RRB-
Round 2 Pick 21 (BUF): Averett, Anthony, CB, Alabama (A)
Round 2 Pick 29 (JAX): Gesicki, Mike, TE, Penn State (A)
Round 2 Pick 32 (CLE): Miller, Anthony, WR, Memphis (A)
Round 3 Pick 14 (K.C.): Gallup, Michael, WR, Colorado State (A --RRB-
Round 3 Pick 32 (BUF): Christian, Geron, OT, Louisville (A)
Round 4 Pick 1: Okoronkwo, Ogbonnia, DE / OLB, Oklahoma (A +)
Round 4 Pick 21 (BUF): Teller, Wyatt, OG, Virginia Tech (A +)
Round 4 Pick 22 (K.C.): Bates III, Jessie, FS, Wake Forest (A +)
Round 4 Pick 33: Meeks, Quenton, CB, Stanford (A +)
Round 5 Pick 1: Thompson, Trenton, DT, Georgia (A +)
Round 5 Pick 35: Ballage, Kalen, RB, Arizona State (A +)
Round 5 Pick 37: Falk, Luke,
QB, Washington State (A +)
Round 6 Pick 12: Phillips, Darius, CB, Western Michigan (A +)
Round 6 Pick 33: Ramesh, Austin, FB, Wisconsin (A +)
Round 7 Pick 14: McCray, Mike, OLB, Michigan (A +)
Round 7 Pick 21: Dooley, Garret, OLB, Wisconsin (A +)