02-12-2020, 04:56 PM
(02-12-2020, 04:37 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: You just can't bank on "building the team" and hoping a great QB falls in our lap in round 4 two or three years from now.
Why do you think the only options for drafting a QB are the #1 pick or a 4th round pick? It is possible to trade down and still take a QB in the first round.
Over the last 20 years there have been 16 QBs taken with the #1 pick. Not a single one of those 16 not named "Manning" won a Super Bowl. Only 2 others have even made it to a Super Bowl (Newton, Goff).
In fact of the 41 QBs taken in the first 10 picks of the draft over the last 20 years only 3 have won a Super Bowl. (Mannings plus Mahomes).
No one is denying that the NFL is a QB driven league. Some people just realize that not every QB rated high in the draft is really that great. And if Burrow really was the most talented QB prospect in a decade he would have looked a lot better in 2018. The best QB prospects draw attention with their skills even when they don't have the best talent around them. Palmer played for a 6-6 USC team in 2001 but was still considered the best QB prospect in the nation entering his senior season. Mahomes was drafted #10 despite playing for a 5-7 Texas Tech team his senior season.
**EDIT** I still think we take Burrow #1 and I am fine with that. Just explaining that it is not as cut and dried as some people seem to think. Burrow only had one great season and it was in his 5th year of college following a very underwhelming 4th year.
