MrEpsYtown

A couple of more things on McCarron... Projected as a second round pick coming out. Good size, ok arm, ok athlete. Smart, 10 inch hands. something to prove. Definitely does not have the upside that some other guys have. Nfl.com had a higher grade on him coming out than they do on Mason Rudolph, FWIW.

My gut tells me Elway would want Allen. They have the ammo with 11 picks, but the majority of their picks ar in rounds 4-7. They have two thirds and two fourths. We can beat any deal they can in terms of quality of picks.

I agree. I don't think Arizona is going to want to take a chance with Larry Fitzgerald's last two years. I think their board is something like Cousins, Foles, Bridgewater. They should at least try to make a pitch to Brees as well.

But remember that Chris Ballard is a KC guy. He's basically John Dorsey's apprentice and therefore an Andy Reid guy ala Sean McDermott. I will say that the top three teams up there have strong ties to our franchise.

Maybe his wife and Jordan Poyer's wife...I don't know where I'm going with this thought, but there is certainly something there.

What I find funny is we keep talking about drafting a guy and letting him sit for a year or two to develop. That is basically what McCarron is. He's a guy who has been sitting and learning and developing. He has a tiny bit of experience, but played well and had the Steelers beat in the playoffs. Now I don't want him because I don't think he has the upside of some of the guys in the draft or a guy like Teddy Bridgewater. But honestly, I wouldn't hate it. I understand why people want him and why some people don't. People who completely dismiss him because lack of game experience just doesn't make sense to me. He's been developed as a backup quarterback for a few years and played at a very high level in college. He deserves a shot to compete for a starting job somewhere.

Tyrod and Todd Haley seems like a very strange fit, but I do hope Tyrod does well. Haley is an aggressive guy who by all accounts is difficult to get along with. Tyrod seems very laid back and chill, but very professional. I don't think he is going to like having Haley in his face. I don't see this going well.

Our problem was that we were doing that with no quarterback all of those years. Now is the time for the 49ers to go for it because they found their franchise quarterback and they have a ton of cap space. I agree that the Rams need to be careful, but as long as they structure deals properly, they will be okay. Gurley, Goff, and Donald are all still on rookie deals so they need to make sure they are ready to resign those guys. In he meantime they can spend. We got in a bad situation because we were always putting lipstick on a pig. Great supporting cast with no quarterback just doesn't work.

They must have identified who they want and know that they can get them. I think it's either got to be a Nick Foles trade or a trade up agreed to already. Im starting to lean Foles to Arizona though.

Good work Yolo!

The John Lynch Stanford connection at play. I think its a great fit and I love what the Niners are doing. Now they should go try to convince Patrick Willis to unretire and come back and lead this defense.

Ryan Jensen center. Nasty player with Castillo ties

I think he might be the fallback for Arizona if they can't get Cousins or Foles. Guessing McCarron or Bridgewater.

Just to add, Moore also played for Brian Daboll during his time in Miami as the OC. He's a perfectly capable backup who could start the first 4 games or so of the season. Bottom line is that McBeane is going to sign a cheap veteran like this to be in the quarterback room.

Awesome! Can't believe we got a third. I must admit I serverely undervalued how much he could get. I definitely gotta eat crow on that so far.

Sign McCarron then draft Barkley and Fitzpatrick? Their front seven is pretty good.

Perhaps two 2nd rounders?

They should push their chips in for Drew Brees and really do something special. Still so much cap. Grab Barkley and Nelson.

That would be the "Rob Johnson" strategy...but at least Foles won a Super Bowl and has had success in the past...not just one or two games.

WIth all of the free agents available plus Foles possibly in a trade, I think he is in for a long wait. I think he could sneak into day 2, but I think he is a day 3 pick. This reminds me of the Mariota-Winston draft. Those guys went 1-2 then the next quarterback did not go until the third in Garrett Grayson, Petty went in the 4th, Hundley in the fifth I believe. People were talking about Grayson, Hundley, Petty being 1st-2nd round picks. I think Rosen, Darnold, Allen go high, Mayfield somewhere in the first and I think Jackson sneaks into the end of first. After that I think Rudolph slips. I think there is a chance he goes in the third. He will not go in the first or second. You just don't draft low ceiling prospects who need a ton of work high at quarterback. There is simply no upside. There is way too much potential at other positions.

I think we sometimes see 2nd round quarterbacks drafted in the first. We don't typically see fourth rounders being grabbed in the first...well besides EJ Manuel.

Odell Beckham's eyes just lit up

You fill gaps with free agents like Ivory and Davis, but you need to draft that franchise quarterback. Filling gaps gets you 8-8 every year. My argument would be that the Bills have tried to do this over the past twenty years or so. The only time they really tried to get a quarterback was JP Losman and EJ Manuel. JP was like the 4th or 5th best quarterback in quarterback stacked draft. EJ was what they deemed to be the best guy in a crap draft for quarterbacks. Problem was that he was also crap. Many people want to draft Mason Rudolph, a clear drop off from the top guys in this draft. That would be the Losman strategy. Some people want to wait till next year, which is shaping up to be a crap quarterback crop, aside from maybe Drew Lock. This would be the Manuel strategy. Remember that stacked Jim Schwartz defense? The team still sucked. You need a franchise quarterback. With two first round picks and a good crop of quarterbacks, now is the time to make the move. This team just made the playoffs. We have a good team with no quarterback. In 2003, the Steelers had an ok team with a no quarterback. That team went from 6-10 to 15-1 and AFC Championship because of the quarterback.

This is a great post. I'm with you here. My biggest problem is that Rudolph has all of those issues stated plus a weak arm and small hands. Cardale was a 4th round lottery ticket with a huge arm. Rudolph is a lottery ticket without the physical ability. I don't understand why people think he would be the answer for us. I see Bryce Petty and someone said Landry Jones, which is about where I think this guy is potential wise.

I definitely agree, but I think with the Colts switch to a 4-3 they are going to need that beast defensive end. It is a huge need for them and the free agent options aren't great. They do have a ton of cap though.