(03-05-2019, 07:46 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-04-2019, 09:57 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Soooo never draft a QB?

The Jags need consistency at the QB position and the best way to get that is to draft a young one. Foles will be here for what... 2 years? Then it’s back to the drawing board.

Here are some recent first round picks.  Consistency?   Don't discount the risk involved in drafting a QB.   

Blaine Gabbert
Ryan Tannehill
Blake Bortles
Jake Locker
Johnny Manziel
Teddy Bridgewater
Brandon Weeden
Christian Ponder
Paxton Lynch
Tim Tebow
Mason Rudolph
EJ Manuel

Another list of QBs taken since 2011:

Andrew Luck
Russell Wilson
Derek Carr
Jared Goff
Carson Wentz
Patrick Mahomes
Deshaun Watson
Baker Mayfield

Would you rather have Foles than any of those guys? Maybe Carr and Goff.

Point is the great QBs are in the draft, you just have to have talent evaluators that are actually worth their money, something which is unsurprisingly hard to find in a league rife with cronyism and nepotism. If it wasn't all about getting their friends and relatives million dollar a year jobs in sure the Jaguars would have found a franchise QB by now. The problem is these guys making millions to know who is good can't even tell who is good until it's blindingly obvious like in the case of Ramsey.

When I look at Foles I see just another backup level QB. If the Jaguars can win a Superbowl with someone like him they definitely could do it with a competent rookie.

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