AMEN! You miss all the shots you don't take. Part of my complete frustration with this franchise (and in particular Rick Spielman) is that we don't really take shots. We trade for guys who were not good to begin with and then are told that they were just misunderstood. Then I think back to Freeman. Spielman whispering in his ear. The years of Ponder. What is worse is that we saw that a guy like Bridgewater could go out there year one and make progression to year two. When he goes down it was the typical RS overreaction. Coulda started what's-his-face our back up who won the first game for the rest of the season, used that first we traded, and drafted a guy. Nope. We went two years of Badford and started to win when Keenum came in. Keenum wasn't even that good, but we made the NFC Championship game.Tmoney wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:42 amThat's why is said unless you know you have your guy, to keep trying. A QB should have been eyed yearly when Ponder was here.Ash Ketchum wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:40 pmThere’s no way I’m spending a 2nd round pick on a QB unless you don’t have a starting QB or your starting QB is old and will be gone within a couple years.
And even in the third round and beyond, the odds of those QBs becoming starting caliber is very low.
If there’s a particular QB in a specific draft that you like and want to take a flier on him, I have no problem with that. But I’m against the “throw a ton of shit against the wall, and eventually something will stick” theory. I get the logic but too many wasted picks when 3rd-5th round picks can be very valuable when building a roster. Griffen, Diggs, Hunter, Harris, Joseph, Cousins and Thielen were all taken in their respective drafts (Thielen was undrafted) in the third round or later.
You are right we could have missed out on some good players.
Also, willie beavers, yankey, Christian Ballard brandon burton damarcus love, Josh Robinson, greg childs, scott chricton, tj clemming, used pick 143 in the 5th for Mychole Pruitt, 3 picks later took diggs.
All guys that did nothing here, and picked in that range. A QB could have been taken some point and at least had a chance to develope.
May e they had a decent option and didn't have to get Bradford after Teddy went down and give up what they did.
Who knows
Spielman always believes we are just a player away from winning it all too often. We are told the same BS from him season after season, but we have made the playoffs more in spite of him than as a result of his actions. Keenum was the best luck he ever had in finding a diamond in the rough, but they still wanted Bradford out there. Then in Chicago we saw that Bradford is junk.
The same people who sit here and defend Cousins also were in love with Bradford. This crap is getting old though.
In order to win today you need a quarterback on their rookie contract to peak at the right time. Even then it won't get you a Super Bowl ring - at least a winning one.
Every single year except maybe the year Teddy started I have prayed we drafted a quarterback. I really wish we would this season as well, but yeah, let's draft some project at CB in round 2.