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Originally Posted by ROR
The Right QB, Frankie. NOT LB, RT, C, or towel-boy.
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It's going to be a very deep QB draft. I really think that you'll find an excellent QBOTF in the 2nd round or so. However, there isn't a pure 3-4 rush backer like Miller available unless you pick Miller. It's a pick your poison type of thing.
I really like Ponder a lot. But the problem is, you never know what you are getting in a college quarterback until they hit the field. You know what you are getting in Miller - a guy with a wicked first step and insane speed.
As far as quarterbacks go, there are going to be a lot of really solid pro prospects beyond the obvious hyped guys like Mallet and Locker.
Pat Devlin of Delaware has all the tools - a strong arm that's accurate and good pocket presence.
Andy Dalton is tearing it up again this year.
And you'll have to wait and see which underclassman declares as the 2012 crop of QB's might be even better with guys like Nick Foles of Arizona, Blaine Gabbert of Missouri, Terrelle Pryor of Ohio State, Matt Barkley of USC (sophomore this year), Andrew Luck of Stanford (redshirt sophomore this year), John Brantley of Florida, Kellen Moore of Boise State (Jesus, this kid really looks good - completely poised with an amazing touch, but he'll get downgraded because he's not prototypical size.), Garrett Gilbert of Texas (sophomore this year), etc.
If the Chiefs were to pull the trigger on a QB this year, I'm for Ponder. However, there isn't a guy who's come out in the past couple of years who is like Von Miller. He's the absolute prototype for a rush linebacker in a 3-4 set and he's got one of the best first steps I've ever seen. It's Derrick Thomas level good. And the Chiefs pass rush is anemic. I don't think that they can pass on a guy like Miller. Shore up the O-line in subsequent rounds, get them into the system, and go for a QB in 2012.
