Is it smart to draft QBs in the first round anymore?

[Freelance]

This is not a veiled "praise Romo" thread as some of you suggest. Your hatred for Dallas is far more at play than that, if that's what you think.

I hardly think finding D-II quarterbacks in rookie free agency is the way to go. That's dumb luck to find a Warner or Romo.

I'm saying I'd rather draft a lower risk player at another position that can play well soon, rather than take the high risk option at quarterback and pour in the time needed to develop them.

If you miss, which you likely will, it puts your franchise back years.

Akili Smith, Heath Shuler, Ryan Leaf, Byron Leftwich, David Carr, Rex Grossman, Chris Simms, Rick Mirer, Kyle Boller, Joey Harrington,
Aaron Rogers, Todd Marinovich, Drew Henson, etc, etc.

[Freelance]

You entirely missed the point of my thread.

I didn't say don't draft quarterbacks. I said drafting them high in the first round is risky, and that many of the league's best quarterbacks were not high picks.

[Jistic]

Every position has bombs in the first round. What is the point really of any of this except to hail Romo?

Do we need to list busts at HB, WR, DL, etc to prove the point? Or should be just all Hail Romo?

[Cebby]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jistic

Every position has bombs in the first round. What is the point really of any of this except to hail Romo? Do we need to list busts at HB, WR, DL, etc to prove the point? Or should be just all Hail Romo?

Oh, you will Hail Romo, and you will like it!

[Chief Illinimac]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jistic

Every position has bombs in the first round. What is the point really of any of this except to hail Romo? Do we need to list busts at HB, WR, DL, etc to prove the point? Or should be just all Hail Romo?

To me the point is to draft 2nd+ rounders at QB and let them sit for a while and learn rather than putting the pressure on these "saviors" and setting them up to fail.

Tony Romo is a great example. So is Bulger. On the flip side, Ryan Leaf, Eli Manning, and perhaps Joey Harrington, if you want to stretch that far, are good examples.

[EWRMETS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Freelance

Akili Smith, Heath Shuler, Ryan Leaf, Byron Leftwich, David Carr, Rex Grossman, Chris Simms, Rick Mirer, Kyle Boller, Joey Harrington, Aaron Rogers, Todd Marinovich, Drew Henson, etc, etc.

Drew Henson was a 6th round pick. Chris Simms was a low 3rd round pick. The Bears and the Jaguars have been very competitive over the past few years with Leftwich and Grossman starting. Aaron Rodgers has never even started a game. You mix legit busts like Shuler, Leaf, Akili Smith, Mirer with guys that don't belong on your created list and don't make your point.

[Cebby]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChiefIllinimac

To me the point is to draft 2nd+ rounders at QB and let them sit for a while and learn rather than putting the pressure on these "saviors" and setting them up to fail. Tony Romo is a great example. So is Bulger. On the flip side, Ryan Leaf, Eli Manning, and perhaps Joey Harrington, if you want to stretch that far, are good examples.

The problem with your argument is the sample size. As I said in the beginning of the topic, about half of the first/early second round QBs are busts.

However, probably 70% (if not higher) of second day QBs don't even make a roster. As "bad" as Eli Manning has been, the best second day QB from his draft was Craig Krenzel. No team depends on a second day QB to develop and take over the franchise. If it happens, great, but if you need a QB, you don't pick a late QB and hope one day he works out.

Hell, if they were given the option, New England and St Louis probably would have cut Brady, Warner, and Bulger if they were assured at the beginning of the season that if they were to cut those 3 players, Bledsoe, Green, and Warner would not have gotten hurt.

[EWRMETS]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChiefIllinimac

Tony Romo is a great example. So is Bulger. On the flip side, Ryan Leaf, Eli Manning, and perhaps Joey Harrington, if you want to stretch that far, are good examples.

Eli's been inconsistent no doubt, but he doesn't belong in the same sentence as Ryan Leaf and Joey Harrington. Those guys never made the playoffs while Eli has never missed the playoffs as a starter.