Anthony Richardson is going to be a problem before long.

[tredadda]

We will see but this is why I would have taken him over Stroud/Young. The upside is very high for him.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by tredadda

We will see but this is why I would have taken him over Stroud/Young. The upside is very high for him.

I think, if I were making the #1 overall pick, I would have taken Stroud. The health risks were too great with Young and Richardson just looked like a less-refined Justin Fields. Really, Richardson is enticing but only makes sense for one coach in the NFL: Shane Steichen.

If you put him with most other coaches, he becomes Justin Fields. But Steichen has the golden touch with these kinds of QBs and he's absolutely crushing it with Richardson, who to my mind looked like a guy who'd have to completely re-learn the position.

Shows you what I know.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by tredadda

We will see but this is why I would have taken him over Stroud/Young. The upside is very high for him.

When you draft a QB at the top of the draft, you are swinging for the fences with the bases loaded.

Why draft a QB who is merely a single, or double at best potential wise?

Richardson was the only guy at the top of the draft who had the potential to be great. Sure, he was raw and could be a bust, but his ceiling was much, much higher than the other guys. I really hoped he would fall to the Raiders.

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by tredadda

We will see but this is why I would have taken him over Stroud/Young. The upside is very high for him.

Yep. He was my pick for the best QB in the draft.