(12-02-2018, 01:37 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Fear of the unknowns can be used for any QB ever to enter the draft. No QB is a sure thing whether they are a 4 year starter or a 1 year wonder. Would I like for Haskins to have more starting experience? Of course, but this is the hand we are dealt. We need a QB now and he appears to be the most talented QB available. As I said before, even if we are lucky enough to draft him, I would not start him in 2019. With his limited experience, he needs to sit and learn the pro game. I like what the Chiefs did with Pat Mahomes. They sat him a year and it paid off. That is why it is imperative that we fix the O-line, so when we do start a rookie QB, they are in the best position to succeed. I will say this, living in Ohio and watching almost every OSU game this year, I can honestly say this is one of the poorest pass blocking O-Lines the Buckeyes have produced in several years. Haskins seems to sense the pass rush pretty well IMO.

Well I think the rationale is that there are far fewer unknowns with a guy who has 40 starts vs a guy who has 12.  I remember hearing a long time ago, there were 3 criteria you wanted a QB to have before drafting them in the first round.  First was more than 30 starts.  Second was a career comp% over 60%.  And I'm drawing a blank on the third one.  May have been TD/INT.  Or maybe the 3rd criteria was that they went in the 1st round because the assumption is if scouts have you rated that high then by definition you should be physically capable of being an NFL QB.  Regardless, I remember going through the list of QBs that had been drafted in the 1st round and how many of the criterias they met.  And it was pretty telling the difference between the groups; who met all 3, all but 1, only 1, zero, etc... 

Long story short, the point is the number of starts is a fairly important statistic to not be overlooked quickly.  If a guy has all the other numbers, skills, etc.. you want and the only thing they dont have is starts, well then your odds he'll be a bust go down.  But it's still a red flag.

But ultimately to your point, if this is the best there is in this year's draft, then you just gotta take him and hope for the best.  There is a reason why everyone keeps saying this is a bad draft for QBs.

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