Quote:I think the fact that CLE could've taken either other QB with their first pick but chose to trade back is evidence that they were not targeting either.  I mean if you are in love with a guy why risk it and then also why draft Gilbert in the top 10 and risk your guy getting taken before your next pick.  That's not a logical move

Thats the problem - falling in love with ONE player would have negated Cleveland from being able to make the great trade they did and coming out with an A+ in the first round. 

 

Quote:You don't pass up on a guy you think is going to be a Franchise Quarterback.  Not to mention that Caldwell didn't just fall in love with the player, and say "This is the guy!"  The scouts independently said that Bortles was the best guy as well.  

 

If Blaine Gabbert was a great QB, nobody would be complaining about Gene falling in love with him in any case.

 

I get the first sentence. BUT

 

Bortles wasn't and shouldn't have been seen as the only franchise QB in this draft. If our guys felt that he was, thats a bit concerning. 

 

Quote:They had him as their #1 guy on their board.  There isn't much to say there.  If you disagree with that...ok.

 

Also, I do disagree with the idea that the longer this process went on...the farther the QBs dropped...the only one that DIDN'T drop was Bortles.  He was always in the Top 10, all process long.  Ranging anywhere from #1 overall all of the way to #8...never really a further drop than that.

 

Manziel and Bridgewater were on the decline in the process...not Bortles.

 

The only one that didn't drop was Bortles because WE took him. No one knows how far he might have fallen. 

 

The above logic is like saying Alualu wasn't going to fall to the lower half of the first round because we took him at 12.

 

 

If Bridge and Manziel fell, Bortles likely would have too.  

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