You only get so many chances at this. Atlanta pulled Matt Ryan out from underneath us last year, but we got lucky and Dorsey dropped. If either Sanchez or Stafford is on the board, the scouting department says 'this guy's a franchise quarterback', and we don't draft him, much less for a coverage linebacker, then we deserve however many more years of failure we get.

Top 5 picks don't grow on trees, especially not if the guys we hired to turn this franchise around do their jobs. We may not have this chance again.

I have a hard time with this.

When everyone thought that Stafford might have a chance to be the QB the Chiefs would be drafting, we heard nothing but arguments that he wasn't a franchise QB.

Bradford was the franchise QB.

Now it's Sanchez, and suddenly everyone says that Stafford is the only franchise QB in this draft.

God this argument blows, you don't overrdraft players either, I always despised when people say things like "oh we'd have taken him earlier if we knew he was this good"

No you wouldn't have dolt, now instead of just getting him you got another player too, that is why you know what draft value is.

Only if you believe Sanchez is a franchise type QB. Alot of people don't.

I've made the arguments over and over and you've yet to address anything except to go back to LB isnt an important position. How bout what team has won the SB without great LB play?

I'm not arguing that at all. The OP was about how could Curry be worth the 3rd pick, and I'm wracking my brain trying to think of how, especially since he's showing up in some real mocks. I think that a QB is absolutely more important than an LB, and I know that obviously the players that are drafted earlier have a lot more talent than later picks and UDFAs.

The reason that this thread is being hijacked is that a lot of people are just tired of hearing that the only way we're going to be relevant again is if we draft a QB. Frankly, if Pioli isn't sold that Sanchez is a sure thing, I don't believe he will draft him with our first pick.

Having the 3rd pick sucks this year. If we had a later pick, I would have no problem trying out Sanchez or Curry or anyone. But no one in this draft other than Stafford stands out as a clear cut #3.

You didn't hear that from me. I have like Stafford from the beginning and I wanted Ryan last year.

They take whichever QB they think will be there for us and rail him....

So, you failed to answer my question earlier: Are you stating that Aaron Curry is the second coming of Ray Lewis, as you suggested?

Furthermore, are you judging Gholston after one season? That's all he gets? One season?

And one more thing: Merriman wasn't top ten. He was chosen at #12.

Was this an argument? Cause I missed it. Your reaching.

So, you want to win a Super Bowl with a linebacker?

Uh, what about QB?

The Colts? Who have never drafted a LB in the first round let alone in the top 5?

You draft the player, not the position.

Mecca, the other day you said Scott Wright has the best internet draft site and is one of the best in the business. Why does he have Curry as the #2 prospect in the entire draft and Sanchez at #8? Why does Wright say that Curry is a "marvelous all around player who is effective in every aspect of the game...as good as any linebacker prospect to come along in recent memory" ?

Today your draft guru also said:

What player in your top 25 do you think has the most "Boom or Bust" potential?
11:28 Scott Wright: There are quite a few but I'd single out Mark Sanchez just because of his lack of experience and the checkered history of underclassmen quarterbacks.

And your avoiding answering questions.