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Teddy represents eliminating the nightmare Schaub scenario, a contending team with an average QB requiring a long and slow inevitable window closing until you blow up, rebuild, and find a real QB to win a Super Bowl

This team would be competing week in and week out. That simple. That receiving corp is as good as any in the league. Yes, MJD is getting old, yes the oline needs to be fixed, but all of that will be minor once a legitimate QB is under center for this team. O line was not horrible today, yes they are bad, Gabbert just played like crap. Horrible decision. 

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LOL. And Leftwich. And all the other missed top quarterbacks.

That is the exact definition of QB fear right there.

 

The thing is, a lot of knowledgeable people hated Gabbert as a prospect. Those same people love Teddy.

Quote:That is the exact definition of QB fear right there.

 

The thing is, a lot of knowledgeable people hated Gabbert as a prospect. Those same people love Teddy.

Draft day, 4 teams with QB issues passed on Gabbert. After Gabbert was rated by many as the top rated prospect in the whole nation. Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee and Cleveland. All teams picking in the top 10. Gabbert plummeted on draft day, that should of been red flags everywhere.  Jaguars traded up to the tenth spot to get Gabbert. The experts did not like Gabbert, and it turned out, they were right. Everyone in the NFL knew something was wrong with Gabbert, except us. 

 

Gabbert was raw, and he never developed. He was rated high because of potential, his size, his smarts and his athletic ability. The guy is 6 ft 5 and has a cannon for an arm, along with a high IQ. He is a NFL scouts dream, but he was young, inexperienced, not very good stats in college, and is scared in the pocket. And thats what has haunted gabbert his whole career in the NFL, the phantom pressure in the pocket. It stinks for him that he came to a team with a horrible offense, but great QB overcome obstacles and lead their teams to victory. Gabbert is the complete opposite. He is a terrible player, and Gene Smith fell flat on his face with this and pretty much all of his drafting. And thats why we are what we are today. 

Quote:The experts did not like Gabbert, and it turned out, they were right.
 

 

What experts? Go back and read what was being written about Gabbert by every draft "expert". They whiffed on Gabbert as badly as Gene Smith did.

Quote:That is the exact definition of QB fear right there.

 

The thing is, a lot of knowledgeable people hated Gabbert as a prospect. Those same people love Teddy.

 

Ok, yes, I fear us taking another gigantic whiff.

 

But again, as I said either on this thread or another (somewhere around here anyway), we have to get "our" guy. One way or another. Whether it's pick #1, #10, #25 or #33. Wherever it is, however it may be. But good God, admit that there's a decent chance it doesn't turn out. People on this board are all "experts" and see Teddy Bridgewater is THE ONLY possibility, unwilling to admit that there are other scenarios that could come into play, unwilling to admit even that Teddy may flunk out like so many.

 

Yes, there's a frickin' fear of continuing the turmoil, but no risk equals no reward. Frickin' a, of course I want us to draft a quarterback. I also want some of you to be realistic. I'm guessing only one of those 2 will happen, and I don't see any of you having a change of heart.

Quote:Ok, yes, I fear us taking another gigantic whiff.

 

But again, as I said either on this thread or another (somewhere around here anyway), we have to get "our" guy. One way or another. Whether it's pick #1, #10, #25 or #33. Wherever it is, however it may be. But good God, admit that there's a decent chance it doesn't turn out. People on this board are all "experts" and see Teddy Bridgewater is THE ONLY possibility, unwilling to admit that there are other scenarios that could come into play, unwilling to admit even that Teddy may flunk out like so many.

 

Yes, there's a frickin' fear of continuing the turmoil, but no risk equals no reward. Frickin' a, of course I want us to draft a quarterback. I also want some of you to be realistic. I'm guessing only one of those 2 will happen, and I don't see any of you having a change of heart.

 

Don't be so scared. History tells us we have a lot better shot at getting a franchise QB with the first pick than any other spot in the draft.

Quote:Teddy represents eliminating the nightmare Schaub scenario, a contending team with an average QB requiring a long and slow inevitable window closing until you blow up, rebuild, and find a real QB to win a Super Bowl

 

Yep....The Texans are pretty much the 2005-2006 Jaguars right about now....

Quote:What experts? Go back and read what was being written about Gabbert by every draft "expert". They whiffed on Gabbert as badly as Gene Smith did.

 

I remember "experts" talking about how bad Gabbert's accuracy was for passes of 15+ yards in college...

 

I remember "experts" talking about the pocket presence/ happy feet issue as well as the tendency to quickly take off to the right (like he still does today) in college...

 

Gabbert falling past QB needy teams in that draft should have been an easy red flag to see.....but nope.... 

Quote:I remember "experts" talking about how bad Gabbert's accuracy was for passes of 15+ yards in college...


I remember "experts" talking about the pocket presence/ happy feet issue as well as the tendency to quickly take off to the right (like he still does today) in college...


Gabbert falling past QB needy teams in that draft should have been an easy red flag to see.....but nope....

Mayock and Mcshay had him graded as the top qb prospect.

Quote:I remember "experts" talking about how bad Gabbert's accuracy was for passes of 15+ yards in college...

 

I remember "experts" talking about the pocket presence/ happy feet issue as well as the tendency to quickly take off to the right (like he still does today) in college...

 

Gabbert falling past QB needy teams in that draft should have been an easy red flag to see.....but nope.... 

 

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-draft/0900...ts-pro-day

 http://search.espn.go.com/blaine-gabbert...4294594172

Quote:I remember "experts" talking about how bad Gabbert's accuracy was for passes of 15+ yards in college...

 

I remember "experts" talking about the pocket presence/ happy feet issue as well as the tendency to quickly take off to the right (like he still does today) in college...

 

Gabbert falling past QB needy teams in that draft should have been an easy red flag to see.....but nope.... 

 

 

Quote:Mayock and Mcshay had him graded as the top qb prospect.

 

 

Quote: http://search.espn.go.com/blaine-gabbert...4294594172

 

 

Not sure how any of your responses change what was said above. 

Quote:Not sure how any of your responses change what was said above.

If he was so inaccurate past 15 yards then why did they rank him #1?

Quote:If he was so inaccurate past 15 yards then why did they rank him #1?

 

probably the same reason so many others on this board latched onto Gabbert at the time.....

 

6'4" 230, as well as arm strength oh, and he had "book" smarts...

Quote:probably the same reason so many others on this board latched onto Gabbert at the time.....


6'4" 230, as well as arm strength.

I did because I was so happy we drafted a qb. I would have bought into anyone.

Quote:If he was so inaccurate past 15 yards then why did they rank him #1?

 

I think the camps were more split into pro-Cam/anti-Cam factions than anyone truly enamored with Gabbert. I remember McShay pushing him pretty hard, but his opinion is irrelevant. 

 

Only Jacksonville seemed interested in Gabbert, IIRC. Tennessee and Washington wanted nothing to do with him.

Quote:I think the camps were more split into pro-Cam/anti-Cam factions than anyone truly enamored with Gabbert. I remember McShay pushing him pretty hard, but his opinion is irrelevant.


Only Jacksonville seemed interested in Gabbert, IIRC. Tennessee and Washington wanted nothing to do with him.

Mayock was enamored with Blaine. He was talking him up big time before and after the draft. Mcshay said he'd be the best qb in that class.


To mcshays credit, he is getting better. I don't hate his analysis anymore.

Gabbert was drafted 100% on tangibles and potential. He never showed NFL caliber play in college. It was a gamble. It didn't pay off.

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Only Jacksonville seemed interested in Gabbert, IIRC. Tennessee and Washington wanted nothing to do with him.

 

 

San Fran at the time was QB needy as well, and passed on him before our pick. 

 

As did Cleveland, IIRC....