10-11-2019, 10:51 PM
(10-11-2019, 10:24 PM)Whatever Wrote: Thing is, it's much easier to rebuild when you have a QB on his rookie deal than when you're paying him $20+ mil a year. If you're not giving Dalton that kind of extension, then you need to draft a QB in the first if you have a crack at a quality prospect.
The issues with waiting are there may not be a quality QB available later and the 5th year option. The 5th year option buys you an extra year at a relatively reasonable pay rate and gives you an extra year to make a decision on an extension or to cut bait.
The reality is that Andy has real physical limitations that he's not able to work around. Batted balls at the LoS have been an issue no matter how good his OL was due to his height. His lack of arm strength also creates issues. He can't push the ball through the wind in bad weather which is kind of a prerequisite for the AFCN. He also has to be able to set up in a clean pocket. If he has to move and doesn't have ideal mechanics, he just doesn't have the arm talent to make a lot of throws. Not saying everything is all his fault, but he's simply not a $20+ mil a year player.
So lets say we draft a QB with our first pick. We have him for 4 years and possibly 5 with the option. What do you do if he struggles the 1st year, and then 2nd year and 3rd year only to succeed in year 4? Do you assume that his struggles were because he was young and hope that by extending him he continues and that his 4th year wasn't an aberration? What do you do if he is successful his 1st and 2nd year and then struggles his 3rd and 4th year?
You can try to cut bait but then that means we are drafting QB after QB after QB and hope that we hit on one. Seems like a wasted pick to me if you are constantly hoping to snag a keeper.
