Potential Reason for AJM Trade

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(04-21-2017, 03:59 PM)Bengal Dude Wrote: It didn't pause the Bears this offseason.

No, but the Bears also let their own version of Kurt Warner and/or Tom Brady walk out the door when they didn't lock Josh McCown up long-term following his time as their starter completing 66.5% of his passes with an 8.2 Avg and throwing 13 TDs to 1 INT with a 109 rating.  Oh wait, he went to two different teams and led them to 1-win seasons, whoops.

Finding a QB is hard work.  Hell, you can  look at a lot of decent starters in the league and see many weren't as prized as their production would lead you to think.  

- Brady was a 6th round pick
- the Dolphins used a high pick on a QB people aren't sure of 6 years later
- The Bills got a FA QB
- the Jets have two ho-hum 2nd round picks in the QB room

- the Chiefs traded for a guy who lost his job to a guy who lost his job to Blame Gabbert
- the Raiders have Carr who looks better than the 3 QBs taken ahead of him
- the Broncos rode a "one hit and he's done" FA QB we didn't even want on a hypothetical to the SB twice and then let his backup get overpaid elsewhere
- the Chargers have a bit of a no-brainer at QB, but they did let Brees walk

- Pig Ben was a great pick in a fairly loaded QB class
- the Ravens have a QB who either stinks or drags a team all the way
- we have a QB who was taken after 3 QBs who were busts
- the Browns have started 50 QBs, none of which were much good

- the Texans refuse to draft a QB
- the Titans made a logical choice
- as did the Colts
- Jaguars spent a 3rd overall pick on a QB who has the mechanics of a 7th rounder

- Cowboys lucked into what seems like a great QB because other teams kept sniping the ones they really wanted
- Giants have today's version of Jim Plunkett, so good for them
- DC paid a QB $22 million or so to drop a "win and you're in" game at home
- Eagles had "the future" with Foles and then end up trading the farm for a QB a few years later.  Who saw that coming?

- Seahawks have a franchise QB that saw 3 QBs taken before him fall into irrelevance
- Cardinals got Palmer for a 6th round pick or so to replace a prized FA pickup in Kolb and a top 10 draft bust in Leinart
- Rams traded the farm for a guy who looks super not ready, but the jury is out
- 49ers are starting a former top 10 bust-turned-joke over a QB who got them further than we've been in decades

- Packers again have one of the greatest QBs ever after that damn near every other team passed on
- Lions have a 1st overall pick at QB and 0 playoff wins to show for it (that organization is right up there with ours in post-season futility though)
- Vikings traded a 1st rounder for a former 1st overall pseudo-bust due to an insane injury
- Bears have had 2 decent QBs in 30 years and one of them is Cutler...ouch.  Let McCown walk after a miracle season, gave Glennon at least $19 million

- Falcons have Matt Ryan who was a logical pick
- Bucs have Winston who was also a logical pick
- Saints got Brees when he was a FA with a "career-threatening" shoulder injury
- Pathers have Cam who was a logical pick


Ok, that was fun.  So it looks like less than 10 NFL teams have starting QBs that were taken in a rational fashion, and that is with whole slew of experts and highly paid executives pulling the strings.  I tells ya, this stuff just hain't easy!