Originally posted by English:
Originally posted by HarboutTHAT:
Your going about this thought process like Zach Wilson's come around every year.. if we miss on this draft class we are screwed.. we will constantly be over paying middling qbs...
Don't give up a lb we have to pay 15-20 mil per year... I'm sure there will be another elite qb prospect right around the curve... Wrong
Say we pick 20 or 25 next year...
You have to use logic to access your best opportunity to secure the bag... Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson are the bag.
Zach Wilson does come out every year. Every year there are qb's built up as being can't miss options. And they miss. There is always another elite qb prospect around the corner. That doesn't make them elite qb's though.
I mean you can say that about any QB right?
Typically every year there are QBs available who turn into quality starters.
Wilson has questions about him but he also has some really terrific things on tape and it will be up to the evaluators to figure out if his strengths translate to the NFL and whether his weaknesses can be minimized or hidden.
To me the biggest thing about what makes a guy great vs mediocre or a flat out bust is their drive, work ethic and love of the game. That's why you see a guy like Brady have hte career that he had with the talent that he had. The man works his ass off and he LOVES this game. If there is an advantage he'll try to find it(insert your cheating joke here)
I don't know if Wilson has that level of passion but I've heard he's put in work so I'm hoping if he's our pick that's more of his personality vs hearing blurbs about him being entitled.
Wilson had himself a HELL of a season though and the tape matched the numbers. If we draft him I believe the background stuff checked out for Kyle and the two of them working together would be electric IMO.
But it's also possible we don't feel any of these guys outside of Lawrence(Jags aren't trading that pick) aren't worth moving up for so either we sit pat and see how it shakes out at the top or we try to ride it out with Jimmy for at least another season and look to upgrade the roster around him using the picks and then maybe make a run at another QB next year if Jimmy struggles or draft one in round 2+ to groom as the eventual starter.