Quote:You put Matt Ryan on this years Jaguars team and are they any better than the Falcons?  Would they still just win 4 games?  Is the Jaguars roster any better than the Falcons roster?  Matt Ryan needs 1st round talent WR to be a great WR.  Are we gonna waste more 1st round picks on WR, if he draft Teddy?  Now, if he's like Rodgers... ok draft him..  He makes good WRs into 1st round talents.  

I like both Bridgewater and Clowney, but I feel compelled to respond to this point.


Assuming you mean Matt Ryan needs first round talent at WR to be a great QB, I strongly disagree with the idea drafting WR in the first round is a waste, even if you already have a great QB. There are too many examples of highly successful teams drafting WR in the first round after having their great QB to dismiss such a move as wasteful.


The 1970's Steelers added Lynn Swann in 1974-after having Bradshaw for a few years. They won four Super Bowls, and Swann what the catalyst in three of them and he wound up in the NFL Hall of Fame. the 1980s Forty Niners already had Joe Montana before they added Jerry Rice in 1986. Because of that addition they wound up winning 3 more Super Bowls and Jerry Rice wound up in the Hall of Fame. The 1990s Cowboys added Troy Aikman in 1989 and then Alvin Harper in the first round in 1991 and they wound up winning 2 Super Bowls with Harper. The Steelers of the last decade added Ben Roethlisberger in 2004 and then drafted Santonio Holmeses and went to three Super Bowls. Peyton Manning preceded Reggie Wayne on the Colts and they wound up going to two Super Bowls winning one.


now if you was Sgt that adding a wide receiver is wasteful if the rest of your roster isn't up to par then the analysis still holds true. Plenty of successful teams have added wide receiver before the rest of the holes on their team were filled and they still went on a major success. Before Washington went on its championship runs of the 1980s, they drafted Art Monk in the first round in 1981(?). Dallas' addition of Michael Irvin in 1988 followed a 7 win season in strike shortened 1987, and preceded 3 and 1 win seasons before their dynasty of the 90s. the Colts were far from completed when they drafted Marvin Harrison in 1996, but benefitted greatly from him when they added Peyton Manning two seasons later.


In short adding a game changing WR who can stay on the field is not a waste, and can play an important role in winning championships.

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