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Old 12-29-2013, 03:54 PM
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Luck/RG3 vs. Bridgewater... Feels like we're getting the K-Mart blue light special with our #1 overall. He's OK, but #1 overall? I think I'd rather take my chances someone decent will be there at our #2 or #3. This kid, Brent Smith, from Wyoming seems intriguing as a mid-to-late round pick.
I'd rather not draft a QB than take someone "decent" in the 2nd or 3rd round. You don't win with decent QBs. If we are in love with some guy with a 3rd round grade and like him more than Bridgewater, then wait and draft him at the top of the 3rd (maybe he's Russell Wilson after all). Or if we don't like the 1st round options pass on drafting a QB altogether.

But why tie ourselves to a decent young QB that stops us from acquiring a great young QB for the next 2-3 years. If the talent at QB is bad in this draft, just sign a vet and delay the young gun for a year. Don't draft an Andy Dalton in the 2nd round, hoping he can edvelop into 2011 Matt Schaub so we can get bounced in the 1st or 2nd round of the playoffs again.

Draft the young QB you are convinced will be great or don't draft one at all.

I for one hope that last night made someone in the NFL fall in love with Teddy enough to trade up for him.
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Old 12-29-2013, 04:13 PM
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I will simply add that Andy Dalton is somehow, some way 11-5. Dalton is not terrible but he is nowhere near good.

Actually, sometimes he is terrible.
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Old 12-30-2013, 09:48 AM
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I'd rather not draft a QB than take someone "decent" in the 2nd or 3rd round. You don't win with decent QBs.

Draft the young QB you are convinced will be great or don't draft one at all.
By using the term "decent" I didn't mean "settle" for some schlep. I'm saying if Bridgewater isn't worth the first pick and someone else is (Clowney, perhaps), then use it on that player rather than reach at QB. Furthermore, I'm sure a lot of people considered Russell Wilson a "decent" prospect last year. Same with Foles and others... I'm merely saying use the pick wisely and not just draft a QB #1 overall just because you need a QB. If they find Bridgewater is head and shoulders above the other prospects and he's the guy, then so be it. Personally, I like Bridgewater. However, I also like some of the other QB prospects and think at least 2 or 3 of them will be really good NFL QBs.
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Old 12-30-2013, 09:54 AM
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I will simply add that Andy Dalton is somehow, some way 11-5. Dalton is not terrible but he is nowhere near good.

Actually, sometimes he is terrible.
Joe Flacco won the Super Bowl last year for crying out loud. Proof you don't have to reach at QB with your #1 overall.
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:37 AM
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Joe Flacco won the Super Bowl last year for crying out loud. Proof you don't have to reach at QB with your #1 overall.
Joe Flacco was a first round pick.
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:54 AM
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I'm merely saying use the pick wisely and not just draft a QB #1 overall just because you need a QB. If they find Bridgewater is head and shoulders above the other prospects and he's the guy, then so be it.
Those are my sentiments, because I'm concerned the Texans will be under so much pressure to bring in a "promising" young QB prospect now to reinvigorate fan interest/support they might very well reach for a QB in this years Draft.
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Old 12-30-2013, 12:24 PM
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Joe Flacco was a first round pick.
He wasn't a #1 overall. Besides, there are many great QB's that weren't first rounder's, let alone #1 overall's. Trade down if need be. Actually, I think Clowney will be the one that someone will want to trade up for.
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Old 12-30-2013, 12:29 PM
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Those are my sentiments, because I'm concerned the Texans will be under so much pressure to bring in a "promising" young QB prospect now to reinvigorate fan interest/support they might very well reach for a QB in this years Draft.
I hope they resist the pressure to draft Manziel the way they resisted the pressure to draft Vince Young. But Rick Smith is going to get an earful from a lot of Aggies who think Johnny Football is God (just as Longhorns did with Casserly about VY).

If they don't like Bridgewater, I hope they trade down a few notches and get Matthews.
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Old 12-30-2013, 01:37 PM
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He wasn't a #1 overall. Besides, there are many great QB's that weren't first rounder's, let alone #1 overall's. Trade down if need be. Actually, I think Clowney will be the one that someone will want to trade up for.
A 1st round pick is still the most common way to get a playoff QB.

Manning - 1st overall
Brady - 6th
Dalton - top of 2nd
Luck - 1st overall
Smith - 1st overall
Rivers - High 1st
Wilson - 3rd
Newton - 1st overall
Rodgers - low 1st
Foles - 3rd?
Brees - top of 2nd
Kaepernick - 2nd

So that is 6 (50%) 1st round picks, 3 2nd round picks (25%), 2 3rds, and a 6th. Now some of those 1st and 2nd round picks are no longer with the team that drafted them, but it still shows where the talent at QB is. It is in the top of the draft more than any other position. I would gaurantee there is not another position on those playoff rosters that has;

50% 1st round picks
75% in the first two rounds
66% in the top 35 picks
33% THE TOP OVERALL PICK


QB is the most important position and for the most part it is accurately projected from college to the NFL. This does not mean there are not misses on high picks, it means that there are fewer stars that slip past round 1 (compared to other positions). Two of the lower picks are Kaepernick and Wilson and they came out when the NFL was still slow to pick up on mobile QBs. They would be first rounders today (just look where Marriota and Manziel project). That leaves Tom Brady as the great hope of teams not willing to pay an elite price tag for the most important position in football. If we can get Brady in rounds 3-7 I am all for it.

If not I would prefer we draft a QB where the QB talent is found, in round 1 or the top of round 2. If we are not going to, sign a veteran (likely a guy who used to be a 1st rounder) and move forward.
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Old 12-30-2013, 01:41 PM
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If you look at Superbowl winners instead of playoff teams it gets even more apparent. 7 of the last 8 superbowls have been won by 1st round picks and the 8th was Drew Brees who was drafted near the top of round 2. It's a passing league and you have to invest your draft picks and money accordingly.
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Old 12-30-2013, 02:34 PM
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IMO, there is no such thing as a reach for a QB, at least not within the 1st round; i.e., someone who was worth the 9th pick but not the 1st. If a guy can play, you can't pick him too early. The position is just that important. If he can't, well, he shouldn't be picked in the 1st round at any spot.

I think they have to decide who they think the best QB in this draft is and, assuming they don't think that even the best prospect is a longshot, they have to roll the dice with him and hope they get it right.
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Old 12-30-2013, 03:02 PM
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IMO, there is no such thing as a reach for a QB, at least not within the 1st round; i.e., someone who was worth the 9th pick but not the 1st. If a guy can play, you can't pick him too early. The position is just that important. If he can't, well, he shouldn't be picked in the 1st round at any spot.
I think this is a great point that is underestimated in the days of fantasy football fanatics. It takes two to trade, and there are no guarantees the QB is there x picks later. And if another team isn't trading up, then you wait 32 picks until it gets on the clock again. That is an eternity. If the Texans have a 1st round grade on a QB in April, then taking him 1.1 is the way to go.

Just hope they're honest about their grades internally.

As for QBs... Oregon game on later today...
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Old 12-30-2013, 03:34 PM
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I totally agree and think it is doubly true with the current rookie salary scale.

If Houston has a favorite QB he should be the pick. If there is no QB you want, then don't draft one period.
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Old 12-30-2013, 04:11 PM
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IMO, there is no such thing as a reach for a QB, at least not within the 1st round; i.e., someone who was worth the 9th pick but not the 1st. If a guy can play, you can't pick him too early. The position is just that important. If he can't, well, he shouldn't be picked in the 1st round at any spot.
Sure you can. For example if you have the 1st overall, but have another team setting on the 5th overall willing to give you that pick, their second round pick, and their 1st rounder for next year you'd be foolish not to strongly consider making that deal if you think your QB prospect wouldn't be picked any higher than 9th overall. Of course that's all very hypothetical, but Draft day situations like that happen every year.
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Old 12-30-2013, 04:21 PM
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Sure you can. For example if you have the 1st overall, but have another team setting on the 5th overall willing to give you that pick, their second round pick, and their 1st rounder for next year you'd be foolish not to strongly consider making that deal if you think your QB prospect wouldn't be picked any higher than 9th overall. Of course that's all very hypothetical, but Draft day situations like that happen every year.
But that's not a question of reaching for someone too early. That's getting the guy you wanted all along while being able to trade back and pick up some additional picks in the process. Of course no one disputes this would be a good outcome.

When people talk about reaching, they are talking about taking a guy X number of picks too early because of the purported value. My point is I can't conceive of a scenario where a QB would be "good value" at No. 5 but not at No 1. At either pick, the player only justifies his draft position if he turns out to be a good/great QB. I think this pretty much holds for the entire 1st round. If you take a QB in the 1st round, you think he's a potential franchise guy. If he turns out to be a franchise guy, he would have been worth the No. 1 pick. If he doesn't, he wasn't worth using a 1st rounder on no matter where he was taken.
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Old 12-30-2013, 04:48 PM
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But that's not a question of reaching for someone too early. That's getting the guy you wanted all along while being able to trade back and pick up some additional picks in the process. Of course no one disputes this would be a good outcome.

When people talk about reaching, they are talking about taking a guy X number of picks too early because of the purported value. My point is I can't conceive of a scenario where a QB would be "good value" at No. 5 but not at No 1. At either pick, the player only justifies his draft position if he turns out to be a good/great QB. I think this pretty much holds for the entire 1st round. If you take a QB in the 1st round, you think he's a potential franchise guy. If he turns out to be a franchise guy, he would have been worth the No. 1 pick. If he doesn't, he wasn't worth using a 1st rounder on no matter where he was taken.
I presented a very hypothetical situation where a team could have it's cake and eat it too, that's all.
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Old 12-30-2013, 05:04 PM
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I presented a very hypothetical situation where a team could have it's cake and eat it too, that's all.
In your hypothetical it may look like a guy is slotted at 9, but all it takes is one draft trade in the intervening 4 picks and you end up without the QB you wanted. Now if your hypothetical is not only presenting a godfather trade down package, but also the gaurantee that the player we desired will still be there at 5, then I would absolutely hypothetically pull the hypothetical trigger (hypothetically speaking of course).

But even with an awesome offer like that we still would have no idea if the number 9 prospect will be there at #5.
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Old 12-30-2013, 06:15 PM
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I presented a very hypothetical situation where a team could have it's cake and eat it too, that's all.
Sure. But this hypo requires us to identify the best QB in the draft while everyone else in the league doesn't recognize that he's the best (why else would he be around in the middle of the first round?). Then, after outwitting the league in general, we have to outwit a specific team and convince them to make a godfather trade, presumably to move up to take some other QB other than the one we're targeting because no one makes that kind of trade for anyone but a QB. That's a whole lot to assume. I mean, if you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly. Just hypothesize us getting a Tom Brady in the 6th round.
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Old 12-30-2013, 07:56 PM
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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.
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Old 12-30-2013, 08:01 PM
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Yes, it's impossible for me to tell if Mariota is any good. It's annoying as hell.
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