Who should we draft 1st?

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

What???? This many people really here want a safety over a potential franchise QB? Good gosh, I might have to go sign up for WPI.

The key word is "potential". Too many high-level misses in NFL history. Rick Mirer, Heath Shuler, Ryan Leaf... and, of course, Todd Blackledge and the infamous "Class of 93", which has probably scarred so many Chiefs fans they want nothing to do with a high 1st-round QB. Clausen is not a "gimme". It would be different if he had "Peyton Manning" written all over him.

(It's a moot point anyway. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Pioli and Haley DO NOT undermine Cassel by picking a 1st-round QB. They might grab a mid-level QB in the middle rounds, but they're not using a high pick on one.)

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by JD10367

The key word is "potential". Too many high-level misses in NFL history. Rick Mirer, Heath Shuler, Ryan Leaf... and, of course, Todd Blackledge and the infamous "Class of 93", which has probably scarred so many Chiefs fans they want nothing to do with a high 1st-round QB. Clausen is not a "gimme". It would be different if he had "Peyton Manning" written all over him.

(It's a moot point anyway. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Pioli and Haley DO NOT undermine Cassel by picking a 1st-round QB. They might grab a mid-level QB in the middle rounds, but they're not using a high pick on one.)

Even Peyton Manning wasn’t the consensus #1 pick that year. They are all “potential” franchise QB’s taken that high when taken and nothing is ever a sure thing. You have to pull the trigger though and even if Clausen bust you still made the right pick. Keep pulling the trigger in round 1 until you get your guy.