By: redbeard

redbeard — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:38:37 +0000

CARL IS AN IDIOT…PERIOD

By: ROC27

ROC27 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:15:41 +0000

Herm DID say that Jeremy.

By: Double D

Double D — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:04:15 +0000

1) QB is not our most pressing need.
2) I believe that something like 50% of supposedly future “franchise” QBs selected in the 1st round have ended up being busts. Brady was selected in the 6th round. Romo was a UFA. KUrt Warner was a UFA that was cut by the Packers before the start of his first NFL season. Point being that franchise QBs are almost impossible to identify through the NFL draft process. Peyton Manning is the exception, not the rule.
3) Nobody knows if that guy (Ryan or otherwise) will be the next franchise QB until he proves it on the field.
4) QBs picked high in draft come expensive with front-loaded contracts but are back-loaded (2-3 years later) in terms of actual on-the-field performance/playing time. Because it is almost as probable that 1st round QB will become a franchise QB as a 6th rounder, spending top 5 money for a QB is a huge investment into a foolish gamble.
5) Great QBs do not win championships; good teams do. John Elway was a great QB that could not win a championship until he was part a good team. Peyton Manning is a great QB that could not win a championship until he was part of a good team. The list goes on.
6) Nobody knows if Brodie is a franchise QB but we do know that he is now an experienced NFL QB. There is value in that. As did Elway, Manning, and others, he had a horrible first season.
7) Croyle needs a chance to develop and show what he can do if given a running game and pass blocking good enough to give him more than a 3 step drop. Like many, I’m skeptical of his abilities but I know this team is not going to the SB next season so now is the pefect time to provide him with a decent opportunity to prove us skeptics wrong. We will never have a better opportunity to use a draft to build and develop a good team to support whoever will be the franchise QB.
9) We do not have the luxury of any luxury picks in the first 3 rounds of this draft.
10) If we are going to draft a QB this year, for me it makes much more sense to take one in the 5th round or later. As I’ve suggested previously, if we are going to take a gamble on any QB in this draft, the smart money goes with Dennis Dixon. If he isn’t off the board by the 5th round, he becomes an instant value pick with additional potential as a WR – for mere day 2 money.

By: Jeremy (Riverside, CA)

Jeremy (Riverside, CA) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:37:28 +0000

Immediately after the season was over I swear I heard Herm Edwards say “I don’t see any franchise QBs in this draft” Right? I would be surprised if we took one with our first pick!

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