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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
It doesn't in a vacuum, but it's all about opportunity cost.
Going into camp with a young, promising starting QB along with a young, promising SS sounds better than having a young, promising starting QB and another backup.
It's about using finite resources to cover several holes. If we could trade the comp pick, I'd be okay with trading that for Foles - but we can't. We'd have to trade 3.1 and because of the depth of the 2nd round, there are going to be same damn good players there at 3.1 Harrison Smith was a first round pick for the Vike's last year and I think Baccari Rambo is a better player than Smith and he'll likely be there for us at 3.1 but not at the comp pick.
This could be a bedrock draft and I want us to be as aggressive as possible in it. Using a high pick on a backup QB is reactive and I don't like it.
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I don't see it as reactive. I see it as very proactive. It's the beginning of a QB farm system, as well as giving yourself multiple options at the position in case one or the other doesn't work out...or in the event of an injury.
Because we have an extra 3rd, we could walk away from the draft with:
1.1 QB
2.2 WR
3.1 Nick Foles
3.whatever SS
etc.
And like you pointed out, teams have been able to find quality starters at the safety position deeper in the draft, so there is still a very good chance you could find a quality player with 3.-whatever it's going to be.