What we have here are two differing philosophies to team building. The draft is the draft is the draft; nobody is advocating or even attempting bring some wild, new, maverick strategy to the whole process, it simply is what it is.

Team building is the issue we're dealing with, and these are the two camps:

Group A believes that you build a team from the ground up. Linemen, LB's, CB's, and RB's comprise your core. You get this together, you get it right, and THEN you bring in the best QB you can get to lead your team.
This QB does not necessarily have to be a draft pick, and in most cases he won't be; you've built your 8-8 "powerhouse", you'll never see draft position worth a shit to get the best picks, and "why ya' gonna' bring in some n00b to lead all this experienced awesomeness, I tells 'ya"?!

Group B, the group I belong to, believes that excellence and long-term success come by building from the top down.
Ownership, General Manager, Head Coach, Coordinators, Squad Coaches, Trainers, and Quarterback.
I subscribe to this philosophy for the reason that the Quarterback is your team's leader, and that leadership should be brought as early as possible in the situation we find ourselves in, that leadership should be developed from the get-go in a major rebuild, and that leadership should be constant as time goes on and as the great players, the not-so great players, and the scrubs come and go.

As much as I loathe the Donkos, they did it the right way with Elway. Regardless of who may have played with him over the years, when you heard "Denver Broncos", the first image in your minds eye was John Elway.

It's time for Kansas City to acquire and develop it's John Elway.

It's hard to say. There's also a third school: if you're going to build around a QB, it had better be the right one. I think that's the part that some people aren't all on board with--not everyone is convinced Sanchez is a guy to build around. And I think that's a pretty reasonable concern--it is most definitely a risk to go with a QB that raw.

That's pretty amusing coming from the guy who thinks Colt McCoy is a awesome prospect.

The thing about this draft class is that it is ****ing awful outside of QBs or LTs. Perhaps in some other draft classes you could make a case for taking a superior pass rushing prospect over a QB. But that isn't even an option this year. If we don't take Sanchez/Stafford, we would be forced to reach for a position or a prospect that we should not be taking with the 3rd pick. Any legitimate arguments that could be made against taking a QB have been made null by this shitty draft class.

Well said.

Here comes someone to tell you all about how Aaron Curry is the best player.

McCoy and Bradford will have more successful careers than Leinart.

Really? At what selling insurance? Or maybe used cars?

You're absolutely right.

However, I didn't see how the "Hindsight Is 20/20"-group could factor in to this matter with any kind of intellectual honesty.

:shrug:

McCoy strikes me as more of a Grain and Feed kind of guy.

Besides; Harrell's gonna' have that Texas insurance kingdom all wrapped up!:D

omg .... they even made up a name for their little group of draft hitmen

have a some sort of Manifesto now i guess too






i think i'm gonna be ill :Lin:

'Gang Of 14' Sounds like a gay porn title.



I know, I Know! I couldn't help it I was weak. Don't take it seriously it was just a joke.



PhilFree:arrow:

I think it's their age, and there's only a couple of them.

Pete Carroll was concerned about winning, recruiting and the school's image.

He didn't wan the focus of the 2007 football season to be on the rape allegations. He wanted the focus to be on football and the USC program.

How could he look a recruit's parents in the face and tell them that he had their best interests at heart, all the while, playing a QB accused of raping a young USC woman at a party? He'd appear to be "all about football" and not all about the players. He would have lost major credibility.

He made the right decision. Too bad for Sanchez, as he would have had 2 years of starting under his belt, making the draft decision much easier for NFL teams.

McCoy is going to have get much bigger if he's going to be able to survive physically.

Dude is the same size as Croyle. Listed at one inch taller and one pound lighter.