DeShaun Watson: The Time Is Now

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Right, overdrafts will always happen at QB.

But that's when you start to talk about depth of classes to determine just how egregious that overdraft will be.

I'm not of the mind that Watson is a first round talent and frankly Mahomes has enough flaws that in many years (if not most) he's not a first rounder either. How is Trubisky's resume appreciably better than Lynch's and Trubisky's considered a surefire top 10 and potential #1 overall.

This is an objectively bad quarterback class and as such, the degree of the overdraft is going to be worse this year than many other years.

Next year's top QBs are going to be a couple of legit top-end QBs, IMO, with Rosen and Darnold. Now that doesn't mean that we'll get them, but it means the quality of guy you're looking at in the teens/20s is going to be more like, I dunno, Baker Mayfield or Mason Rudolph (and I'm still beyond pissed that Rudolph returned). And your wild card isn't a potential game manager like Peterman but rather a guy like Josh Allen.

It's a rising tide thing; when there are legit franchise alterers at the top of the QB class, that trickles down to the wild-cards and their availability at the back of the first or early 2nd.

There are valid reasons to wait until next year for the QB, especially if you can engineer a winning trade-down that nets us as much as a 2nd or 3rd in the '18 draft that can be used to move up a bit if needed. I'm not convinced I'd do it, but if my options are Peterman or Webb in the 2nd this year or wait until 2018, I'd go with the 2018 option in a heartbeat.

I think it really depends on what the interviews yield, but I think either way if you aren't picking in the top 15 then you're getting a project.

But obviously there's an exception to the rule. Derek Carr, Russell Wilson, Andy Dalton, Dak Prescott. Is there one of those guys?

Don't sleep on Nate Peterman. It's early but I really like his game

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I think it really depends on what the interviews yield, but I think either way if you aren't picking in the top 15 then you're getting a project.

But obviously there's an exception to the rule. Derek Carr, Russell Wilson, Andy Dalton, Dak Prescott. Is there one of those guys?

Don't sleep on Nate Peterman. It's early but I really like his game

Peterman is the most realistic possibility for the Chiefs under the current regime. He's the closest QB to Alex Smith you're going to get. That isn't a stab at Alex this time, he just is. He's smart. He's pro ready. He's going to play within the offense. He doesn't have a big-tiem arm, but he can make the throws. I think with Peterman, you'd have a guy that at least will take a shot more often.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Peterman is the most realistic possibility for the Chiefs under the current regime. He's the closest QB to Alex Smith you're going to get. That isn't a stab at Alex this time, he just is. He's smart. He's pro ready. He's going to play within the offense. He doesn't have a big-tiem arm, but he can make the throws. I think with Peterman, you'd have a guy that at least will take a shot more often.

Not that I disagree but since they have a year, I'd rather see Mahomes as the pick.

I like the Peterman comparisons to Cousins, because I think Cousins would have won the Super Bowl if he was a Chief this year.

But regardless, get one high and get him going.