04-02-2020, 02:31 PM
(04-01-2020, 10:18 AM)BengalsFan1986 Wrote: How many times have we had multiple pro bowlers on this team, but were let down by our QB play when it mattered most? Even if you could promise me that we’d turn all 3 of Miami’s picks into perennial Pro Bowl level players, I think I’d still take Joe Burrow. The positions I’ve seen thrown out that we’d try to take with Miami’s picks are OL, WR, and LB. Didn’t we have Andrew Whitworth, AJ Green, and Vontaze Burfict on this team at the same time? And those teams had plenty of other talented players as well on both sides of the ball. Those guys never got us to where we wanted to be because, as much as I like Andy Dalton, our QB failed us at the most important times.
We have a chance to take a potentially great QB. If Joe Burrow was not in this draft class, then sure, let’s trade down and take our chances elsewhere. If Joe Burrow was not in this draft class though, no one would want to trade, they’d also take their chances elsewhere. This isn’t a normal QB coming out. He had the statistically best season a QB has ever had in college, with the tape to back it up. This wasn’t a Boise State or Hawaii QB tearing up the Mountain West either.
Could Joe Burrow be a terrible pick? Yes he could. But in terms of QBs coming out of college, he has potentially the best chance of anyone ever to be an all time great NFL QB. I would much rather take a chance on that, and miss, than end up with 3 potentially good players at any other position.
Someone please put this post in the HOF.
-That which we need most, will be found where we want to visit least.-
