Quote:Put Bridgewater or Manziel behind the NFL's worst offensive line?

 

The problem with the late season 4-4 surge the Jaguars had is it began to make less knowledgeable football fans believe the Jaguars aren't so bad. What we saw in reality was any number of unmotivated, sluggish players supernova attempting to fight off their own demise.

 

Doesn't matter which ordinary, NON-elite quarterback you want the Jaguars to take. 

 

The stubborn fact is our offensive line is the worst in the NFL. There's a crumple factor at quarterback just as there has been for the past six years. 

 

Bridgewater and Manziel should go to an offense that can carry the weight of a fresh-faced rookie QB. 

 

Meanwhile, we keep to the process of developing Blaine Gabbert. At year four, he should be prepared by the franchise and treated as the starting quarterback. The Jaguars can draft a quarterback much later than round three.

 

We need to focus on drafting elite talent. Best player available regardless of position. 

 

Nothing wrong with Jake Matthews or Taylor Lewan at the three spot. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJvvMDGzzZ4

The thing is, teams are typically bad not just because of the QB position.

 

Usually, a bad team's roster has holes all throughout.

 

That said, I laugh at the idea you have to build an offensive line first before grabbing a QB.

 

A franchise QB is much much tougher to find than good offensive linemen.

 

If you lack a franchise QB and a competent OL, and you have the chance to take what you think could be a franchise QB, you take the signal caller while you can, and then build an OL around him.

 

Best case scenario, If you built a great OL first, and then decided to get the QB, your team will be just good enough to miss out on most of the franchise signal callers in the draft, but not good enough to seriously contend.  You end up wasting the prime of the great OL and still missing out.

 

This is why it made sense for Dallas to take Aikman first overall in 1989, when the OL stunk to high heaven.

 

Pittsburgh thrived and went to three Super Bowls with Ben Roethlisberger, even though they had one of the worst OLs in Super Bowl history.

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