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Originally Posted by KnowMo2724
Since 1999, Cleveland has used four first round picks on the QB postion and they haven't hit on a single one of them. Just throwing away a first round pick just because you have a need is stupid.
John Elway had the second pick in the draft in 2011, and had Kyle Orton and Tim Tebow as his two QB's. Elway knew he couldn't win with them at QB but he also knew that drafting for need is stupid. So instead of drafting Blaine Gabbert, Jake Locker, or Christian Ponder with the #2 pick he chose Von Miller. Bad teams draft for need, good teams draft the best player available.
I'm 100% certain that CP would've draft Gabbert #2 overall and they would've missed out on AJ Green, Julio Jones, Von Miller, JJ Watt, Aldon Smith, Patrick Peterson, Robert Quin, Muhamed Wilkerson, and Marcell Darius.
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Meh, I don't agree. If you look at the majority of starting QBs in the NFL, and franchise QBs in the NFL, they pretty much all come out of the first round. Sure, there are lots of busts at QB but that should not stop a team from drafting a QB if they like one and need one.