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Old 01-29-2013, 01:23 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan View Post
Pretty sure risk has a lot to do with fearing the loss of the QB Reid and company value the most. So how is that not it at all? The position is too important. I am afraid of losing the #1 option. You talk about trusting Reid and company, well I do. I don't want to lose the guy they think is the best option. Trusting their opinion on the talent and trusting the 95% chance are two different things.

I have never stated that I am done if they don't take Smith. None of this shows I didn't understand your point. I just don't agree with the risk. If Reid finds his guy, don't **** around if there is any chance of you losing him.
I take it you don't really understand Andy Reid then?

He's going to take that 95% odd as well, which is my point that you didn't quite understand.

Andy Reid isn't really one to go "all in" and just jump all over a player. He's a poker player with his cards held closely to his vest. And in reality, do you know how often teams go into a draft with their #1 guys ranked and watch them taken out from under them all the time? They prepare for situations like that.

If you think for 2 seconds that in the next 3 and a half months Andy Reid and company won't have a contingency plan in check, you're crazy.

The first sign you're going to see if Reid and company end up going all in on a guy, is who we sign for a backup QB. That's going to be Priority #1 after re-signing Albert/Colquitt, and Bowe, or at least trying to. Reid likes a strong #2, so getting a guy like Alex Smith or comparable talent and at least capable of providing a win (like we did with Orton) are going to be paramount to him. If, as an example, we picked Smith up, you bet your ass that is the #1 sign that we are taking a QB in the first round.

I'm all for getting a QB for us, but it doesn't have to be in the first round. Part of drafting well comes from when you select guys and get the most value out of each draft. There's a reason that teams like the Niners, Colts, and Bengals have been pretty successful in the last few years (ignoring the whole Peyton down year), and it comes from their drafts, and not over drafting a guys stock.

Every year I read this bullshit about how there's going to be 10 QBs taken in the first round, and then it doesn't happen. Why? Because of value. Teams aren't going to rush to pounce on QBs in this draft. This is the worst QB draft in quite a while, yet people are already talking about 5-6 Qbs in the first round.

What teams are taking those guys, and who are they taking?

Geno and Wilson are the only two guys worth a first round as of right now, and in the last 2 seasons of drafts, they wouldn't even be taken in the 3rd round, let alone the first. Nassib and Glennon? Late first, early 2nd round guys at best. A team who is desperate might take a shot, but how well did that work for teams like Jacksonville, Tennessee, and Miami? They ended up wasting picks on QBs they could possibly have picked up in the 2nd round or traded back into to select, and could have gotten much better talent on their team in doing so.


Safe to say, I ****ing hate this whole mantra of "you have to take a QB #1", or that bullshit "Due to the new CBA it isn't risky to reach on a QB". Bitch, its risky to take a QB you don't think can start in the NFL, period.
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