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Originally Posted by beer me
Like I said I'd love to have a QB like Luck. I don't follow college football but I've seen some interviews with him and I just love his attitude and demeanor. Think he'll be a real star.
But me being a baseball fan first should tell you all you need to know about my expectations. The Royals have drafted near first for many of the past several years. One player doesn't mean championship, not even Andrew Luck. We get him... he'll play as a rookie and even Peyton Manning didn't win in his rookie season. Does it mean we might have a great cornerstone for the future? Sure... if everything works out. I'd rather see my teams win than lose in the short term and the long term. Andrew Luck as a Chief gaurantees you absolutely nothing.
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This is not baseball. Drafting a franchise QB is like 6 top-3 first-round picks in baseball. Given the incredibly high failure rate of high picks in baseball and the enormous value a QB has to his team in football, you are greatly underestimating how important it is to get a franchise QB.
Only a few, a very small precious few, teams get an opportunity to draft a franchise QB. It isn't a guarantee of a super bowl (see: Miami Dolphins) but it gives you a really big leg up while everyone else is trying to make do with an average QB, a great defense, and a lot of prayer.