Let's Talk QBs in the 2014 Draft

[Keith]

The arguments for waiting to get a QB later in the draft (look! plenty of examples!! Brady was a 6th! Foles was a 3rd!) have a lot to do with the flaws of the modern CYA scouting process, namely, guys (incl the GM) won't stand on the table for someone who doesn't pass an eyeball test in the first round.

They have to have all the PHYSICAL tangibles to go with the perceived intangibles. Sometimes, these unicorns truly appear (Elway, Luck, etc.). Oftentimes, great prospects slip because they aren't Adonis in gym shorts. That doesn't mean that if the right QB is there where he is graded (say Round 1), you pass if he isn't a unicorn. Hopefully if there is a Brady or a Wilson in this draft, the Texans recognize it and take him in round 1. If a Brady was in the 2014 draft, would you wait until the 6th round to draft him? Of course not.

On a different subject, I wish I could evaluate Mariota, but this gimmicky Ducks offense is making it quite hard. I could care less if he runs wild over the Longhorns; that's not happening in the NFL over the course of a full NFL season. Running QBs get hurt. Mariota has more going for him though beyond his legs... hopefully I'll see more of it later. Just watched him make a great move in the pocket to elude a rusher and find a receiver on the sideline in the 3rd Q... that's impressive. Need to see more of that.