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If it is an ignorant opinion then why does everyone scream from the mountaintops that getting a QB above all else is the only thing that matters? It is called imbalance. In baseball, starting pitching is the most important position, but that is mitigated by needing 5 different guys. Literally anyone on the team with any style at any position can be the most important guy. You don't pass up a top CF prospect because you have to go SS at all costs. Is there another position in any sport that gets 25% of the attention a QB gets before his career even starts? Is there another position where fans advocate trading everything to get one of the "top 4 of this year"? Sure there are Lebrons and McDavids that come along, but they are individuals, not positions. There are arguments about whether Josh Allen can hit the ocean from a boat, yet people scream that we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to get him. Roquan Smith has very few question marks. Would anyone on the planet advocate trading 14 picks to move up to 2 and get him? Imbalance Another thread asks the question if someone can come up with a roster or scheming strategy that makes QB need less important. You answered that with one word: "NO". So in one thread you emphatically state that among the hundreds of great minds in football not one can come up with an idea that lessens the importance of QB, and in this thread you call it ignorant to say there is an imbalance? How does that reconcile? Edit: It isn't even a separate thread. It is thus one.

I totally agree but there is one major obstacle: NFL marketing. It is so much easier for them if QBs are the focus. Rules supporting this make it hard to unseat....visionary or not. NFL Football, at present, is an imbalanced sport. You can win in multiple ways in the MLB and NHL. You need three superstars in the NBA but they don't have to be a specific position or style, so there is some variety. Until this methodology hits the NFL in the wallet, no visionary will stop it IMO.

Bortles is a success?

Translation re Housley comments on Nylander: Good kid. Not NHL caliber but tries hard. Deserves to play a meaningless NHL game like a 37 year old career AAA baseball player. Thanks again Tim.

Vander Doodle will not last until 22. Smith probably won't last until 12.

To be fair, they never hired Tim Murray. That is something the Sabres will sadly never claim.

You're the one that thinks IP is immoral as well right? Or at least that is what your Econ teacher said? Sorry if I have the wrong dude. It has been a while.

So has Mueller and he has thrived in this system while he bolsters it. As did lap dog Comey. All you have to do is look at Mueller to know if he would EVER look for truth anywhere and/or go after Clinton. NOPE

We will see. That is for sure. The only doubt I have at all is if they love Davis Webb. In other words, I don't have much doubt. Also when the OP titled this thread "dwarfing" I thought it was a Mayfield thread.

Including twice with the Browns. He has probably spoken at some level, at one point or another, with every non AFC East team.

You've written up so much good stuff on these QBs. You have emphasized the importance of QB. Now you're saying a team and their new GM fresh off being fired are going to think they can get from being the 2nd worst team in the league, all the way to being champs in the time a 37 year old better than average but non team carrying QB has left and be ok with picking their next leader at 32 while their cross town rivals have the guy they could have taken starring in their lineup for a decade? I'm leaning "nope" on that theory.

Laluelaleletletta is too long to fit on a jersey.

I don't know for sure but it did seem that McDermott was calling the shots. Why would Whaley trade all of what he did on Watkins and not extend unless he had another voice in the room?

Agree on points 2 and 3 but pick 23 for the middling Cooks? No way. The Rams are the Redskins on steroids with these big $ signings and draft pick giveaways. The only thing I think the new regime has screwed up since getting here was opting against Watkins 5th year. It would have increased his value, and he would still be a Ram with the Pats unable to move Cooks.

Regardless of what this means or doesn't about the Pats, the Rams are absolute morons. At 23 they could have just picked a receiver equal to or better than Cooks and had him cheap for 5 years. This is such a bad trade for them.

I don't get it.

Name a Patriot you didn't like.

Geez dude at least keep the Pope out of this thread. He has enough issues on this board already.

Rosen should be added to the flawed list due to the likelihood of a Rob Johson series of injuries.

He does have a financial interest even if it is indirect. He wants his students drafted high for the future of his business/reputation. I'm not saying he is wrong, just that your statement about his interest is incomplete.

They must be clowns if they refuse to deny reality. Of their top picks my guess at the bust is the tackle from Texas. It's a reflex. I'm not a huge Payne guy but I guess he makes sense position wise but they have us taking a questionable CB at 22? I think we take a CB, but much later.

IFFFFFF the Browns have Allen at 1 it isn't because they are the Browns, because they are stupid or because they fail to see his flaws and risks. It is because they see the flaws and risks of: Sam Darnold who makes Dave Krieg look like a protector of the ball Baker Mayfield whose Flutieesque size and Manzielesque attitude are risks and Josh Rosen who may make Rob Johnson look like Cal Ripken They are all risk/reward. But.....the top three teams need to take a QB for various reasons. My guess is that one of the four pans out....maybe even excels and the other three flop. My guess is Mayfield but it is a guess. Honestly think about all you read from many sources about these guys. How many times do you see sentences like: Qb x does skill y at an elite NFL Qb such as HOFer QB z? Not often. There are more sentences like:. If a then b QB x might end up solid. In other years, you read specific things about specific guys. This year I read specific positives about Allen's arm strength and Jackson's electricity and that's it. The QB rush seems based on quantity.

Denver is taking a QB for themselves foe Petes sake.

Because Lamar Always Cuddles Kittens?

Zero percent chance just like your stuff. And McCarron may or may not be the answer but it is clear that there was a well documented market for him, even if it did get botched.