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Originally Posted by barrett
I don't want it to happen yet. I am happy to watch competitive football. I am glad we are over achievers for the first time in Franchise history. I hope we can watch meaningful football all season. Last year was terrible. If we never get a chance to look at the rest of our QB roster because we are playoff competitive to the end I'll be happy. I just think no matter how well coached, or high effort we are this year, no matter how many wins we steal, it's a bit of a lame duck season. Foster, AJ, and Fitz are the cornerstones of this offense, and the odds of any of them being on this team in 2 years are almost zero. It is hard to really invest in a team of place holders, no matter how likable those place holders are.
So I will enjoy our relevance all season, and maybe into a first round playoff game in the weak AFC. But I am already more excited about guys like Blue and Morris than Foster and JJ. I already want answers about Jones as a Center more than I want to see 11 more games of Myers being reliable. Like you said, this team is far from dead, but I am just much more excited about the limitless future than the surprisingly above average present.
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I can agree with most of this and, unlike Chuck, I haven't given up on this year's draft class. Nix may wind up being the next Joppru and Clowney could become ordinary as soon as he loses that quick first step but I still like most of what was done in the draft even though, as usual, these weren't the guys I was pinning my hopes on.
And, yes, we'd all love a super QB to lead the team but it's likely there were no great QBs in this year's draft and I'm not gobsmacked by any of the ones I see coming out of college next year either. I got to watch Mariota and Hundley last weekend and wasn't greatly impressed by either one in losing efforts. The great ones pull those sort of games out down the stretch.