rochester rob Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 Your choice: Use the #1 pick in the NFL draft to select a franchise-caliber quarterback. or Use the #1 pick in the draft to select a defensive lineman or linebacker. Let's think about the elite teams in the NFL. The ones that compete for the playoffs and championships every year. Go ahead, think of them along with me. Ok, good. Now, you will notice that those teams happen to be the very same teams that get elite-level quarterback play year in and year out. What a coincidence! If you don't have a franchise caliber quarterback, you are doomed to season after season of mediocrity, fighting for a flukey chance at a playoff berth while the teams who have the great quarterbacks are penciled in for division championship after division championship. Saying that the Bills should use the #1 pick in the draft to select an offensive lineman, defensive lineman, or linebacker is the same as saying that you want the Bills to rebuild back to 7-9. That isn't good enough for me. It shouldn't be good enough for you either. Franchise QB = decade of relevance. Franchise lineman = decade of who cares. How many of those elite QB were picked at the top or even in the first round ? How many can't miss QB are no longer relevant to the franchise label? With our history of drafting how comfortable are you with next years crop of can't miss?
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