(11-03-2020, 09:59 AM)RicoTx Wrote:

(11-03-2020, 01:03 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I hated the Blaine Gabbert pick as well. He was not ready to enter the draft and should’ve stayed in school. He had a bad habit of locking into receivers with his eyes and totally cutting off his reads to go with his first option. DB’s read him like a book.

You also loved Haskins and Rudolph.

I did. I'm not denying that and I'm even gonna double down and say I still believe in those QB's. I would take either one over Minshew. Some guys take longer to develop and Rudolph wasn't playing bad, until that Cleveland game. He had a bad night and then all Hell broke lose in that game. He didn't get much of a chance after that. Now, Roethlisberger is back and he looks fantastic. I believe Rudolph is still the heir apparent in Pittsburgh and will thrive once Roethlisberger calls it quits. If we could give up a mid round pick to acquire Rudolph, I'd do it in a heartbeat. 

As for Haskins, he was doomed once he was chosen by Washington. You can't succeed as a young QB when you have a crappy O-Line, no running game and one decent receiver to throw to. That offense is terrible! Pat Mahomes would struggle there. Admittedly, Haskins is the type of QB that needs time to throw. He's a pocket passer and his O-Line folds up like a cheap suit. They even changed QB's and they still suck. So, not all of the failures in Washington can be blamed on Haskins. Put him on a team with some weapons and at least a decent O-Line and I really believe he can succeed. 

Admittedly, I did miss on Mahomes. I didn't think a QB coming from that offensive system could succeed in the NFL and he proved me very, very wrong. Also, with Justin Herbert, I was a bit off. I didn't dislike him at all, but I didn't think he was a top 10 talent. He is having a fantastic season and is showing all of the qualities I would want in a QB for the Jaguars. We should've tried to trade up. I was definitely wrong there as well.

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