(12-25-2019, 06:21 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(12-24-2019, 05:55 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: 1) Missed on Gabbert

2) Missed on Bortles

3) Fowler 

4) Ramsey

5) Joeckel

6) Robinson

We either missed on picks, or we wound up trading them.  It's not just missing on QBs.  We haven't managed our high draft picks well, either in the choice, or the retention of them.

Think of the year we drafted Luke Joeckel.  He came out the same year as Eric Fisher.  Those two were neck and neck in the draft.  So the Chiefs pick Fisher #1, and the Jags draft Joeckel #2.  Both players were disappointing at first, but the Chiefs worked with Fisher and developed him, and now he's their starting LT.  We failed to develop Joeckel.  Some teams are just better at developing their young players and then retaining them.  

It's drafting, developing, retaining.  We've failed on all three phases.  Selecting a roster, coaching a roster, managing a roster.

The bottom line is, NFL football is a competition between owners.  Shad Khan is a great guy, we all admire his success in life, the American dream, etc etc, but he needs to be a lot more competitive.  It seems like he's tolerating losing a lot more than he should.

Missing on QBs isn't the only thing wrong. But far and away it is the biggest reason the team can't consistently win. 

You could develope a list similar to yours for a lot of NFL teams but if they have a great QB, they overcome it. 

Take a look at the Ravens from the Joeckel draft forward:

2013: Matt Elam - out of NFL
2013: Arthur Brown - out of NFL
2013: Brandon Williams - Good Starter

2014: CJ Mosley - other team starter
2014: Timmy Jernigan - other team backup
2014: Terrence Brooks - other team backup

2015: Breshard Perriman - other team backup
2015: Maxx Williams - other team backup
2015: Carl Davis - on Jaguars 

2016: Ronnie Stanley - Great player
2016: Kamalei Correa - other team backup
2016: Bronson Kafusi - other team backup

2017: Marlon Humphrey - starter
2017: Tyus Bowser - backup
2017: Chris Wormley - backup

2018: Hayden Hurst - backup
2018: Lamar Jackson - probable MVP
2018: Orlando Brown - starter


There's nothing appreciably special about their draft or development other than one single pick.

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