Have to take a QB if we have a top 5 pick?

[KillerGoose]

(10-29-2019, 12:42 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 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 6 of those 28 have started a Super Bowl and one of those was Blake Bortles.

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.

Blake Bortles has never been to a Super Bowl.

I agree with this idea. They don’t NEED to draft a QB if they think someone like Chase Young is a better fit. I think a lot of people underestimate what a good coaching staff can really do for an offense. Look at the Colts, Saints, Panthers (even the Jaguars). They all have had back up QBs in for an extended period of time and still found plenty of success on offense and with games in general.

I would love for them to pull the trigger on a QB but I’m not going to riot if they don’t (unless they pick someone way out of left field.)