anonymous2112Good read as always, Bullseye. Here's my take, with a little history.
During the Garrard years, much was made that he wasn't good enough to get the Jaguars to the Super Bowl. I'm not going to rehash those points here, but recognize that there was a substantial portion of the board that wanted him replaced with "a QB" from the draft. In retrospect, it was obvious that replacing even a middle of the road QB was going to be difficult. Remember, when Garrard was cut, he was actually named the starter of both the Dolphins and the Jets. When looking at the top 4 choices this year, chances are that maybe 2 of them will be truly good players. "A QB" won't work. It has to be ____________(insert name here). I loved when we took a chance on Bortles, because at least it was a swing for the fences. We got our guy, not the guy that fell to us. It didn't work out the best for us, but I loved the effort.
I like Minshew. None of us know how this is going to work out, but I had a lot more fun watching Jags games last year than I expected to when Foles went down. But if __________ falls to us, I don't think we should hesitate to make the pick. If "a QB" falls to us, that's a different story. It's really, really, hard to figure out who those guys are. If we knew Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Watson or Mahommes was going to be as good as they are, of course we'd have picked them. After every team passed on him, San Diego drafted and eventually jettisoned Drew Brees, before allowing him to become DREW BREES. Every team passed on Brady and Wilson at least once. These are the obvious ones.
In this draft, I think the guy being overlooked is Hurts. You feel differently. For all we know, it might be Fromm. It's not exactly a crapshoot, but if you try for "a QB', you need a lot of luck. Unless, of course, you choose ____________.
Agreed with the sentiment it has t be what the team believes to be the right QB. To an extent, I agree with the idea that just because a QB falls to you doesn't necessarily make him the right QB. But I draw a distinction-one borne of clarity and not necessarily of disagreement-that just because a QB falls to you, it doesn't follow that he isn't your guy. Without question, Josh Allen fell to us last year. I don't think anyone on the Jaguars would argue that he wasn't their guy when he was on the board at 7.
I will say taking a QB early this year, at least theoretically, gives the team yet another bite at the positional apple and, depending on how things go, could allow for the Jaguars to take another bite at the position in 2021. There is no telling how long it will take before the Jaguars are in a position to get a true franchise changing franchise QB. There is no telling how long it will take us to have enough ammo/draft capital needed to maneuver up to get one of those passers.
Until we get things right at the position, we should take every available opportunity within reason to get the right guy. If only we had the Pym particles and the machine to go forward through the Quantum Realm to see...
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!