Quote:Why do they have to be elites to be justified as good draft picks? There are only four true elite QBs over the decade -- because they are very rare. Are Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Big Ben, Rivers, and Eli Manning elites? Heck no, but they are franchise QBs. Newton, Kaep and even the questionable Dalton all have early successes and at least two of them are already considered long-term franchise material QBs. Dalton and his Schaub-like game manager is going to get a reasonable extention with the Bengals. With the exception of the 2004 and 2012 QB classes, what other class since 2004 produced a 50/50 ration on QBs?


Again, just because Gabbert sucked doesn't mean you have to downplay the QB class. It's one of the better ones in the last 10 years.