(10-19-2020, 10:46 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(10-19-2020, 06:29 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: It would be nice to get the #1 pick.  But you need to keep in mind all the great NFL QBs who were not the #1 pick, and all the #1 picks who turned out to not be great NFL QBs.  Also, think of all the teams who have had the #1 pick in the last 20 years, and I don't think any of them won a Super Bowl.  And most of them still suck.  

What we need more than anything else is a new GM and a new coaching staff.

First, I do absolutely agree with the new GM and coaching staff.

Second, this isn't just any "#1 pick".  Over the last 22 years, only Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck were rated so highly as quarterbacks.  Trevor Lawrence is seen as a can't miss future pro-bowl quarterback.  I don't want us settling for Ryan Leaf instead of Peyton Manning.  I want that number one pick.  Our season is already over.  I'm hoping for us to lose every game going forward.  This team needs something to be excited about.  Trevor Lawrence is it.

I have completely changed my position and now I am hoping we can get the #1 pick, so I agree with you.  I'd rather draft Trevor Lawrence than anyone else.  

But history shows that having the #1 pick isn't necessary, and it doesn't reliably change the fortunes of the teams that have it.   The best teams have great GMs and great coaching staffs.  

And I'll see your Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck, and raise you Aaron Rogers, Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees, Lamar Jackson, DeShaun Watson, Tom Brady, Phillip Rivers, and Ben Roethlisberger, none of whom were selected with the #1 overall pick.  It is FAR more important to get a great GM and a great coaching staff than to have the #1 overall pick.  In fact, I would say that if the current regime is allowed to select and coach Trevor Lawrence, it will be a completely wasted pick, because they will ruin him.

And also, if you look at the last draft, it is starting to look like the best QB in that draft might have been the 3rd one selected, #6 overall.  That's why, although I would love to be able to select Trevor Lawrence, I'm not totally desperate about it.

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