Quote:I agree with you, and so do a lot of other people, but what if we're wrong? What if Bridgewater has tapped out his football abilities and is really nothing more than a pedestrian Quarterback? It can happen. So now with that #1 overall pick, you've used it on a player that you will need to replace, and you're going to have to use another high pick -- typically speaking anyway -- to do that.

 

I guess my point is that while it is very helpful to have the Top pick, it won't solve all of your problems. Even in your scenario above, you are hoping that Blackmon and Joeckel pan out, and stated that the team needs to find a pass rusher. That's a lot of unknowns and "I sure hope so's" that need to be sorted out. Just one guy ain't going to fix all of that.