Missed this comment from Clark on QBs

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Here we go...

It IS risky.

And yes, though you think otherwise, a bust with a high QB pick can, and does cripple a franchise.

You've made a financial commitment to this guy for 4-5 years, and if he goes south on you, you're screwed. Bad QB play will stunt the growth of the entire offense. And you can't pull him, because you're paying him a shit-ton of money. So you have to ride it out, and take that shot again, hoping to hi the next time.

If you pick any other position that early and they bust, it doesn't have the same effect.

Draft a LT and he sucks? Move him into guard, or give him help. But his bad play isn't going to stall the entire offense.

Draft a DT and he sucks? You keep playing him because he's going to give you SOMETHING, and his play alone isn't going to **** up the entire defense.

exactly...like you said it's a team sport in a time of single player slob fests...I'll never forget the look on Collins face when Crumpler fumbled that ball and the game away....you can do everything right and all it takes is one play..ie holmes first fumble in over four hundred touches in the Indy playoff game...