(10-11-2017, 06:54 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: They would stop trading multiple high draft picks in order to draft an over-hyped college QB.   They would realize that a QB without an offensive line is going to fail.  They would realize that almost any QB can succeed to a certain extent if they have a great offensive line.  

I don't dispute that QB is the most important position, but some of these bad teams are overdoing it.   They're sacrificing potential talent at other positions in order to take wild swings at rookie QBs.

I went through the top 33 QBs in the league.  Out of the top 33: 20 were drafted, 7 were free agents, and only 6 were traded for:

2  Carson Palmer (1st and 2nd rounder)
3  Alex Smith (2nd rounder)
5  Philip Rivers (negative trade for Eli Manning)
8  Eli Manning (1st rounder, 3rd rounder, 5th rounder, Phillip Rivers)
22 Jacoby Brissett (for WR Phillip Dorsett)
33 Sam Bradford (1st and 4th)

I don't get the general impression that teams are overvaluing quarterbacks just because they are an essential peace to winning games when other plans fail and injuries occur.  My point was that all teams, even the ones that are pass heavy are always trying to improve their defense, OL and running game.   It's more about who succeeds in doing so.   Which to me means they are either acquiring players better than everybody, or coaching better than everybody.

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