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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Given that the draft is predictive in nature the best you can do is make sound scouting reports, do your due diligence, and then play the odds.
Trading a whole draft for a QB is absolutely worth the risk, because without that QB, you aren't going anywhere anyway.
Let's just assume that Pioli did go all "Ditka" in the 2009 draft, acquiring Stafford in the process. Is the team in better or worse shape? Or what if he realized Cassel wasn't the answer after the playoffs and did the same thing for Cam Newton.
The fact of the matter is that, regardless of where we are, there are never surefire franchise QBs at any point. All have inherent risks. If they bust, the team is set back, but it's only set back relative to where it would be if they had a franchise quarterback, because in this league, without one, you might as well be playing hockey without a goalie.
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had we said 4 years ago that Pioli was going to waste the prime of Hali/Charles/Bowe/Flowers careers on Cassel and then Orton...would anyone have said "sign me up, that's a great plan!!"?
would anyone 4 years ago have said "I hope we waste 3 years and then sign Kyle Orton..."?
if we don't draft QB this year, a waste of 4 years (going on 5) is solidified and next year is already irrelevant, as is every year until we do draft a QB...