(05-29-2022, 07:31 PM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote:

(05-29-2022, 02:12 AM)Bullseye Wrote: In 1982, the Colts spent a 1st round pick on QB Art Schlichter.  The next year, they spent the #1 overall pick on John Elway.

How did that work out for them?

So in terms of draft strategy, two (2) teams in FORTY (40) years employed that, and it's-at best-a 50% success rate.

That is your answer?!?

I know we live in an age of microwave meals, sjort attention spans, etc., but can we please have a modicum of patience when it comes to developing our QB, especially when virtually every other area of the team was broken and dysfunctional last year?

For [BLEEP]'s sake!

Well I mean that would have been a 100% success rate if Elway wasn't an etitled prick who refused to play for them.

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Coulda woulda shoulda.

Bottom line is it didn't work out, and there are reasons why only two teams in forty years have done what you suggest...namely, it's a stupid waste of resources, and QBs often take time to develop, even under ideal circumstances.

In the Schlichter instance, their subsequent choice of Elway only happened because Elway was clearly the superior prospect.  None of the guys at the top of next year's draft rate as highly a prospect as Lawrence.

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