Joe Burrow vs Trevor Lawrence

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(12-29-2019, 11:30 AM)OswaldsLegacy Wrote: Again he point is knowing how Burrow stacks up compared to other QBs.  People always want the best QB, which is a mistake as the right QB is usually the better option.  However if we want the best and we have 2 QBs right now that are coming into the league, Burrow this year and Lawrence next year, then it is prudent to look at who is the better prospect and take that one.

I disagree that we miss out on Lawrence from the perspective of competent management, but we both know that we don't have that and in reality you are right, we would miss out on Lawrence.

You have answered that Lawrence is the better QB...

That is the point of the thread.  Quit looking for angles.  There isn't any.

Now the way to go about Lawrence from a competent management standpoint.  This year we take Thomas and work on solidifying that OLine.  Even if great Andy shows up and we have the 32nd pick in the draft we can trade up (even if it by a lot) to draft Lawrence next year.  It depends one where we are exactly but again I use the extremes to show the possibility.  We trade Dalton (after Tagging him) and our 1st round pick and the following year's 2nd round that could be a conditional 1st, to the team that has the 1st pick.  If that team doesn't want/need Dalton then trade 2 1st round picks and a 3rd that could be conditional to 2nd.

This way, you have an OLine and a QB for the future.

Trading for the #1 pick to take Lawrence would require the person trading it away to be willing to...and if Lawrence is so much better than Burrow, then what are the chances the team with the #1OA pick, presumably there because they suck, would NOT want Lawrence for themselves?

And even if they don't the competition for that pick would be fierce. We'd probably have to give up 3 to 4 first round picks to get there, even if we have a top 10 pick.

OR.

We just take Burrow now and take an OT like Thomas (who is a strong but not elite OT prospect) next year...

You say I shouldn't look for angles because there aren't any, but I see angles ALL over your posts.