Quote:If Blaine Gabbert had been as good as some people touted him to be, nobody would be saying "Would you take Blaine Gabbert over JJ Watt"

 

In fact, if Blaine Gabbert had been as great some seemed to think, and JJ Watt was chosen first, people would probably be asking "What if they had taken Gabbert over Watt?"


I don't think anybody is suggesting that the Texans made the wrong choice in taking Watt.  But if say the choice was between JJ Watt and... Matthew Stafford, it'd be different.  


I personally believe the gap between Bridgewater and whoever will be available in the second is pretty big.  I also think finding the right person in the 2nd round is more difficult than you think.  Between Mariota and Clowney, I'd say you take Clowney.  But between Bridgewater and Clowney, I'd say take Bridgewater.  Quarterback is the hardest position to predict.  Cleveland took Brandon Weedon when Russell Wilson was still available.  Nick Foles was also available.  

 

Cleveland has been making stupid picks ever since they returned to Cleveland.. I wouldn't be using that team as a argument point.  They took Richardson in the top 5.. at least the new regime was able to get a 1st round pick back for him. 

 

As far as Blaine Gabbert, I always knew he was going to stink.  The problems he's having now are some of the same problems he had in college when I watched him in the big 12, which was a conference of crap defenses.  He's the classic example of scouts just looking at size and arm strength.  Blaine Gabbert physically passed the prototypical QB eye test, but no way in hell should he of been a top 10 pick..  If he came out in this draft he wouldn't have gone higher than the 3rd round.

 

As far as the gap between Bridgewater and whoever is taken in the second round being big.. I don't think it is.  People here are going to think this is crazy, because they're already dead set on Teddy, but I'd take A.J. McCarron over him and think this guy is highly overlooked.

 

I'm not comparing McCarron to Tom Brady here.. just their situations and how they were overlooked coming out of college.  All Brady did at Michigan was win and play great in big games.. for whatever reason scouts didn't take notice and he went in the 6th round.  While McCarron won't fall that far, I don't understand why he doesn't get more pub or isn't held in a higher regard.  He has played great during his college career, in the toughest conference in the country (he's already facing the guys he'll face on Sunday) coming up big in big games, and has won 2 national championships.  His numbers have been great, but he's not putting up the eye popping #s other QBs do, because of the system he plays in (ball control) under Saben.

 

This draft is deep at the QB position, but there is no slam dunk #1 ovrl or even top 5 QB.  There's a bunch of promising QBs that stretch deep into the second round and possibly beyond and I don't see a great difference between a lot of them. If you need a QB in this draft.. you don't have to force the issue, just let the draft come to you.  I'd take Clowney 1st and grab one of the other QBs in the 2nd.  I'm just not as high on Bridgewater as other people on this board are.  Like I said, he's smart and will probably have a decent career (which is what I can say about a handful of other QBs in this draft), but he doesn't wow me and he certainly isn't close to being the prospect that Stafford was.

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