(11-14-2018, 03:25 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-14-2018, 03:12 PM)TurndownforWatt Wrote: ??? 

Watson was the QB that everyone wasn't high on.

Based on this board, the 10-12 draftniks I follow on twitter, plus the standard mainstream football sites -  many, many folks were much higher on Watson than Mahomes.  I saw lots of "late first round" grades on Watson. 

Hell - I'd say 20% of the Jags fan regulars on this board at the time were either lobbying for that pick or saying they were at least OK with it in a trade down. 

Personally - I liked Mahomes in a 1st round trade down scenario - but he went even higher than I was suggesting to move back. So I still would have missed on him. Several prominent big boards still had him as a second round prospect right up until draft day.

I did not like Watson - though I remember plenty who did around here.

Honestly Mahomes was barely on my radar. (mostly because I don't think Mahomes is as successful as he has been under a different coach/scheme... Reid and Smith was perfect for the kid to sit under and learn for a year)
I was not a fan of Watson as a first rounder. (While he is talented and is likely proving me wrong, I felt he relied too much on his legs and doesn't make enough plays from the pocket... however.. it seems in the new NFL, pocket passers might be a dying breed and the new QB may be a guy that moves the pocket a la Rodgers, Mahomes, Baker, etc.)
My favorite guy from that draft was Trubisky. (who looked almost bust status last year but has really come along nicely)

QBs in the draft are the most crap shootiest of crap shoots though.
Grier is no sure-thing, as most QBs aren't. But he's far above what Bortles is and anything we're going to get in free agency or cheap trade.
He has all the tools.
Hell he's performed well with Mac and Dana as his coaches... he might even do good under Doug and Nate (if no changes are made there)

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