I'm assuming they are moving up to draft a QB.. I don't think there is a plan B after they moved up to 12. Just a matter of who they want and how much farther up they need to go to get him.
The thread title was the Back Up plan.. I said I don't have a clue what a back up plan would be followed by a factual statement. Why you asking me what the back up plan is when I already said I don't know?
Could be like the 2014 draft where the only 2 QB's that ended up being worth a damn came later..Carr at 36 and Garopopolo at 62.. and we will see about McCarron who was taken at 160 something. The 4 or 5 taken higher were complete or partial failures.
I'm guessing this is obviously the make or break draft. We get to find out if Beane knows what an NFL QB looks like. If he gets a big enough name they will probably get 2 more years for things to work themselves out. If it ends up as another JP or EJ with a 1st round pick then they got problems.
I'd imagine he can at least match the 156 passing yards a game we have become used to. Was going to say sack #'s will probably skyrocket. Didn't realize Tyrod was sacked 46 times last year. So I hope skyrocketing isn't possible or it's going to be brutal. Tyrod's sack #'s went up every year he was here...wonder why that was?
Need a list of can't miss prospects that a team moved up to draft in the top 5 that ended up busting. Taking one at 12 isn't the same as giving away the farm to take "the guy".
So I guess the only thing I think Beane is being 100% truthful about is he doesn't know if they are moving up yet. Maybe they have guy worth moving up to 3 and a guy at 7 and another if still there at 12. Then who knows what. How many more days?
I'm starting to wonder if they actually only like Rosen and are waiting to see if he makes it to pick 3 before moving up. And if he doesn't we may end up with a Rudolph, Faulk or Lauletta.
I suppose we could just offer everyone $100,000,000 and be done with it. We are talking about potential ROI.. not an after the fact evaluation. It's a perfectly normal conversation in polite circles. At least it seems like it to me.
Limited resources.. money to spend other places? If your neighbor needed a new roof but spent $40,000 on a 1971 Pinto you would probably discuss with anyone who would listen.