(12-20-2017, 02:05 PM)Kane Wrote:

(12-20-2017, 01:50 PM)FreeAgent01 Wrote: You just want to find something to argue about?  I'm not saying those players will be there, but there is absolutely a chance that they will be there - this year more than any other year in recent memory is a year where quarterbacks will slide.  Drew Brees, Kirk Cousins, Sam Bradford, Teddy Bridgewater, Case Keenum, Jimmy Garoppolo, and AJ McCarron are all potential franchise quarterbacks on the move next offseason in free agency.  There is no real consensus on an order that quarterbacks will go in the draft this year, especially this early, and there are a ton of them - Josh Rosen, Sam Darnold, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, Mason Rudolph, and Josh Allen could all go in the 1st round.

Rosen and Darnold declared?
Jackson, Mayfield, Rudolph all gone before pick 20.
Allen is trash.
McCarron is a Bengal next season. Jimmy is a 9er. Keenum is a Vike. Brees ain't going no where, and Cousins ain't worth 30 mil. Bradford is an interesting thought, but dude is made of glass.
Never been a fan of Teddy.
I'm not arguing, just having a discussion on the topic. The move on Bortles contract must be made before the draft as well.

I'm not saying it is impossible to get a better QB situation for next season. I'm not even saying Bortles is "THE MAN", I'm just saying at this point the most logical decision would seem to be playing out the option. Henne can be replaced with any of the 2nd tier veteran bodies in free agency, perhaps even Bradford.
Otherwise we're gambling away the amazing state our roster is now in on either a QB no one wants or a rookie that could be Watson or could be Manziel.

As a fan, who has both defended and been critical of Bortles this season, I'd prefer to roll with Bortles at 19 mil AND draft a QB somewhere in rounds 2-4.

Rosen almost certainly will declare. Darnold is questionable, but if he gets back from the advisory board that he'll go top of the 1st then I would think he would too. McCarron was traded before the trade was voided, I seriously doubt he'll be back to play backup to Andy Dalton some more. Those seven free agent quarterbacks will be signed by some team before the draft. That leaves at most 8 teams having any kind of desire for a starting quarterback and 6 potential 1st round quarterbacks. There will be some combination of quarterbacks available at the end of round one between those six - who they are remains to be seen.

The point is that if there is a quarterback that you like as a team's GM available to you at the end of round 1, regardless if it's Aaron Rodgers or Johnny Manziel, then you have to give it some serious consideration if you believe he's a franchise quarterback that'll be $13+ million cheaper for 4 more years.

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