Huddle needs to stop crying about draft picks

[kungfoodude]

8 hours ago, Peon Awesome said:

Are you proving your point or the counter point? None of the best teams are successful from tanking into a top pick qb. Look at the teams in play for the top 2 seeds this year. Rodgers was taken at the end of the 1st when they had a good team already. Chiefs traded up for Mahomes from pick 27. Brees was a free agent. Seahawks got Wilson in the 3rd. Pittsburgh took Ben at pick 11 (higher than our pick) and he's riding the coattails of their defense this year. Even more apt was San Francisco making the super bowl last year focusing exclusively on defense and signing a middling free agent starter at qb. Josh Allen at 7 is maybe your best argument and they actually are the closest corrolary to us. They've been spurred more by a change at coach and GM with a draft generally focused on defense over the past few years. Even with Allen as a below average qb last year and having to contend with Brady in the division, they were a playoff team in 2019. Hell when all is said and done, we will probably draft at 7 and really drive home the parallels. Of course we take a qb if a good one is there. But to try to stress that all our focus should be on qb rather than building up the whole team is misconstruing the formula that actually seems to work. And you shot yourself in the foot by bringing up Watson, a franchise qb who can't lift his team past 4 wins despite heavy investments on the offensive line and playmakers, who gave away their 1st round pick and still can't beat the Bengals with their 3rd string qb. But by all means, let's pray we can emulate the Texans.

I am pointing out teams that took top 10 pick QB's and how they are working out. Turns out, mostly pretty well. 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I am pointing out teams that took top 10 pick QB's and how they are working out. Turns out, mostly pretty well. 

Pretty much.

I get that some teams succeeded without highly drafted quarterbacks, but it's not always wise to look at an outlier as an example.

Yes, Tom Brady was taken in a later round of the draft. So were Tony Pike and Stefan Lefors.

And yes, Sam Mills is a great player. That doesn't mean I'm gonna go scouting 5'9 linebackers.

[Rocky Davis]

11 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

It's like the fan base thinks that these professionals don't know what they are doing. Can you imagine being stuck in the mindset: "We need to pick in the top 3 every year"

I think we are still thinking about the various years with Hurney representing us at the draft.  I don't really consider him a "professional" even though he has being an NFL GM on his resume.

[45catfan]

Keep your skirts on fellas, we aren't beating the Saints and will remain a top 10 pick..