07-25-2018, 10:29 PM
(07-25-2018, 08:04 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I guess the way I see ranking the QB's is if someone said to me "Nate, you are making a football team and you have one year to win it all...which QB would you pick to lead your team?" In my mind I'd take Pat Mahommes or Jimmy Garoppolo over Josh McCown.
I assumed people rank QBs is to talk about the upcoming season and try to figure out who will be better than so and so. If you are an NFL GM who'd legitimately trade a QB like Mahommes/Waston/Garoppolo for McCown then our lists are going to look very different, yes. Nothing against McCown, but I'll take a promising rookie or 2nd year guy over a guy who hasn't made the playoffs in his entire 15 year career.
I also don't really get the whole "it's just opinion, so it's all correct" argument. It can be your opinion that the Browns are going to win the SB, but that doesn't make it as valid as opinions that are based somewhat in reality.
Then take your rookie that is MORE likely to fail in that 1 year then a proven vet that you know what his limitations are and build to cover those limits up.
I wouldn't touch hyped up 1st round QBs (Ponder, Locker, Russell, RGIII, Tebow, Quinn, Leif, ect... ect...) or the Patriots Back Up (Cassell, Mallett, Huard, Hoyer) just because of what they possibly could do in the one year that we have. Now if I were building a team for the future then that is where I would consider these guys.
Win now means you have all the pieces, which means you want someone that you know can succeed in the league. Since football is a team sport, let us look at why McCown never made the playoffs. Maybe it was the system he was in, maybe injuries, maybe other players not doing enough. I doubt his reason for not making the playoffs is solely because he can't. I mean Keenum and Foles made the NFCCG last year and the year before that was with Fisher and on the Rams and went, 1-15, I think, so the HC and system is a HUGE factor to a players success, more so than having "promise".
The reason that the opinion is valid is because I can't really argue that Watson is garbage if he hasn't had a chance to really play. In the limited time he did play he did some nice things, but so did RGIII and now he is considered a bust.
