(03-13-2019, 12:07 PM)JagFanFirst Wrote: Don't tell me you'd take Haskins or Murray, because those two players will be gone before the seventh pick. So now what?  Do you trade up to get Haskins? If Foles needs more offensive weapons to succeed, then the same can be said of Haskins.  And yet with a trade, you'd have fewer picks to acquire those players. Sure, you can grab at TE or WR in free agency, but what makes you think the Jags wouldn't overpay for them, like this did for Moncrief?  The fact is, Foles' salary puts him roughly among the top 15 QBs in the league, which, based on his last two seasons, is where he belongs. 

If you discard Foles (and can't get Haskins or Murray), then what?  Do you draft Grier, or Jones with the second pick? What if those guys aren't available? And even if they were, do you feel comfortable starting a second-tier rookie from a bad quarterback class?

And what about free agent quarterbacks? You'd rather have Bridgewater than Foles? How about Tannehill, the guy who we beat last year on his own home field?

What about a trade for a backup quarterback?  What about Nick Mullens, a guy who's TDs and INTs were nearly identical to Bortles? 10-13 vs. 11-13? Who else is available? Tyrod Taylor? Seriously?

Here's what I like about the Foles deal.  Next year, the Jags are going to play the toughest schedule in their history. I can't think of one weak team--even the Jets, with Bell and an improved Darnold, will be tough. But Foles has been through this. He's flourished in one of the toughest media markets in the country.  When he started last year at the end of the season, the Eagles had to win every game to squeak into the playoffs. And they did, with Foles. Plus, since the Jags didn't have to give up any picks to get him, they can use that 1st, that 2nd, and those two 3rds to fill a lot of holes in the offense.

Thoughts?

My thoughts are that I agree with you.  

I like the Foles signing.   I think it's the right thing to do.   We fans have been clamoring for years for competent QB play, and we went out and got the best free agent quarterback and paid him an average QB salary.  

We've filled a Grand Canyon-sized hole in our offense.  We weren't going anywhere without a QB.   It's a weak QB class in the draft, and quarterbacks drafted in the first round turn out to be average to below average most of the time.   Haskins?   A lot of people say he's a project.   Trade up to get him?   And expend all our draft capital to do it, and have no draft picks left to fill out the offense around him?  I don't like that plan at all.  

We know what we're getting with Foles: a competent veteran QB, which is what this team has been crying out for for many years.

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