10-29-2019, 12:42 PM
I hear a lot of people saying that we have to take a QB if we end up with a top 5 pick.
I am not saying we should NOT take a QB with our top 5 pick if the right guy is there, but I think a lot of QBs get drafted too high because of this line of thinking.
For example, there have been 28 QBs taken in the top 5 picks of the last 20 drafts. Only 5 of those 28 have started a Super Bowl.
Of the 21 QBs who have started the last 20 Super Bowls only 8 were taken in the first five picks. That is the same number who were taken in the second round or later. And no top 5 selection without the last name "Manning" has won Super Bowl in the last 20 years.
I know QB is the most important position on the team, and I know Dalton only has one year left on his contract. So we have to be looking for a new QB, but I just don't want us to reach out of desperation.
I am not saying we should NOT take a QB with our top 5 pick if the right guy is there, but I think a lot of QBs get drafted too high because of this line of thinking.
For example, there have been 28 QBs taken in the top 5 picks of the last 20 drafts. Only 5 of those 28 have started a Super Bowl.
Of the 21 QBs who have started the last 20 Super Bowls only 8 were taken in the first five picks. That is the same number who were taken in the second round or later. And no top 5 selection without the last name "Manning" has won Super Bowl in the last 20 years.
I know QB is the most important position on the team, and I know Dalton only has one year left on his contract. So we have to be looking for a new QB, but I just don't want us to reach out of desperation.
