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08-25-2014 02:10 PM |
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Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ
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OK, how about Maddox and the Steelers, or Hasselbeck and the Seahawks or Warren Moon and Houston?
How about your beloved Niners and Jeff Garcia? I mean, Garcia was a bright and shinning moment in a rather lousy time for the Niners franchise.
How about the faiders and Jim Plunkett?
I do agree that the most probably way of consistently winning is to draft and develope a franchise QB, but your blanket statement that finding a FA QB or bringing in a vet QB does not work is simply wrong.
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Then we agree completely because I never ruled out the exceptions. I said GENERALLY the BEST method is to draft high for your franchise QB. The reason is, there are damn few franchise QBs ever available in free agency or for trade. This is how the 49ers ended up getting 2 second round draft picks for a mediocre game manager.
Denver scored Manning. It is rare as hens teeth to find a franchise QB in free agency or through trade. I never said it can't be done. That is a fine way to go.
See if maybe the Saints will trade Brees to KC or the Pack will trade Rodgers to KC. Get my point?
The vast majority of teams looking for a franchise QB in free agency end up picking from the carousel of recycled rejects hoping they suddenly become franchise QBs under their coaching.
I never said you can't find a franchise QB in free agency, it is just astoundingly rare.
The BEST way for the 20 teams out there looking for franchise QBs to get one is to find a top prospect in the draft when they are bad enough to have a high draft pick. That is the best way.
The point is, Dorsey had Bridgewater at 23 and passed on him. The Vikings were smart enough to take a chance on making him their franchise QB, while the Chiefs have no plan beyond an aging game manager in Alex Smith.
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