(03-07-2019, 09:39 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(03-07-2019, 03:38 PM)Preach Wrote: Interesting thought. Why not sign Foles AND go after Haskins? Foles is 30 and has been in the league for a while and has experienced the Super Bowl. Why not use Foles as a stopgap while grooming Haskins? Maybe even try some 2 quarterback sets to throw the D off. We can get Haskins cheap on a rookie contract and by the time we need to give him money, we'll know whether he is our future or not. If Foles is the better option, keep him and trade Haskins.

Ideally, that might not be a bad idea since you never know for sure how a rookie will pan out and Foles is a good player but it's unknown how he'll do in a new system and competition is always good.  But you have to consider, it's not like the Jags may have a choice, Haskins might not be available when the Jags draft. Additionally, what if Foles really gets it going when he gets in Jax? Are you going to keep your highly drafted rookie QB on the bench for 3 or 4 years?  It's problematic.  If I'm the Jags and I land Foles, I want to give him some weapons to work with, so I go OL, TE, WR in that order.  You can draft a rookie QB in 2020 or 2021 when the talent level may go deeper.

Having Haskins while also having Nick Foles playing really well would fall under the heading of "great problems to have". If you think Haskins is a franchise QB and he's there you take him and don't look back. The whole notion of just kicking the can down the line is partly why we haven't drafted a good QB in the entire history of our franchise

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