(10-05-2020, 01:59 PM)Kane Wrote:

(10-05-2020, 01:47 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: But if our new GM comes in wants a true franchise QB, he is going to get one.  There is no quick fixes with this brutal roster.

I think this is key. If there is a regime change we can almost guarantee a new QB. Which is fine, that's a full reset, new GM/HC combo will want their guy. Minshew certainly has shown enough to be a very good back up at least. If Caldwell is still here, I'm almost certain they continue to build around Minshew, unless he really regresses and actually becomes the reason we're losing games.
And to answer Mania's question.... It's early for the college season but outside of Lawrence, Trask and Jones both look really good. Fields will play at some point. And a lot of pundits like the kid from NDSU (though, I'm not much of a fan and I don't think he's playing a bunch this year iirc). It's almost always like this too, it's "THIS QB OR NO ONE". Like when it was Tua and then everyone else. Then the season happens and Burrow is the #1 guy. Herbert is also playing okay (better than I thought he would) and Herbert was being talked up as a guy that woulda coulda been #1 overall the year earlier had he came out early. There's almost never just 1 QB in any draft. And there's almost always one that goes later (outside top ten) that ends up better than people expected.


There's also no guarantee a team like Washington, Jets, or Giants definitely go QB if they have #1 overall pick. They could get the best LT or pass rusher from the class.

Exactly right.  Also look at the 2017 Draft that was considered to have a "weak" QB class at the time; it produced Mahomes at #10 and Watson at #12, after Trubisky was drafted #2.  If our brain trust had any vision at the #4 pick, we would be in a very different position today. We just cut our #4 pick. If/when our new GM gets here in January, he will evaluate Minshew's season and the other QB's in the Draft and decide what course is best for this team. No one can possibly trust Caldwell to that again.

The best teams are built through the Draft. We are not one of them.

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