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Originally Posted by Reaper16
This same thinking applies to the other viable choice for QB at 1.1: Matt Barkely. He actually might need a year to sit, what with his shoulder injury and all.
I can't believe I'm going to trick myself into thinking that a 1st round selection of QB is still possible.
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I have decided to retain some element of hope in all of this.
They might look at Geno and say "this kid can be Aaron Rodgers or he could be Tim Couch" and decided to hedge their bets by double dipping on quarterbacks.
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Originally Posted by RunKC
So we gave up two 2nd round picks (one of them is basically 1 first round pick) for a starter to start for only 1 season?
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That's not all we get from this scenario, though.
It's like putting insurance on your hand in case the dealer has blackjack....or hedging your bets....or diversifying bonds.
Maybe Alex takes a step forward in his career and gets us deep in the layoffs...great, we can extend him and move Geno for a pick or two in a couple years...maybe Alex can't handle the fact that he will need to throw more (3:16 in games throwing 35 or more times) and totally busts and needs replaced by mid season.
Drafting Geno Smith in today's NFL is a smart mans pick.
If we do that, we are still spending less than the Redskins did on RG3 and Cousins.