(11-27-2020, 03:00 AM)Eric1 Wrote:

(11-27-2020, 12:35 AM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: Well that is what you are trying to evaluate.  If you think Lawrence is that guy, you pay that price.  If you don't make the move and he turns into the second coming of Patrick Mahomes, it will haunt your franchise for a decade.  Look at Chicago... they have built a Super Bowl caliber defense and a solid roster overall, but missed terribly on the QB with Trubisky.  Missing on that single pick will cost that GM his job either this year or next.  Could you imagine that team if they had taken either Mahomes or Watson?!?!  They'd likely have a ring by now instead of KC.

However, you are probably right about it being a moot point with the Jets keeping the pick... but you never know.

Mahomes went #10 overall though and Watson went #12. It's not like either of those guys were looked at as locks, so again it just proves how much of a crap shoot it is drafting QBs.

Most of these players that are hyped up as generational talents fail to live up to the hype.

There's really only two options why the Jets wouldn't take Lawrence. He either stays in school, or he tries to force a trade (or I guess they win a couple games, but that's highly unlikely). If he's going to try and force a trade, he's a [BLEEP] and not a true franchise QB.

Lawrence is being spoken of like John Elway or Peyton Manning.  Not since Andrew Luck has anyone been considered a generational talent like this.  Not Cam Newton.  Not Baker Mayfield.  Not Sam Bradford.  Not Matthew Stafford.  What QB are you referring to that has been hyped like this and missed?

That being said, it will be up to our new GM to determine if that assessment is warranted and evaluate the price they would be willing to pay to get him. Unless the Jets can beat the Dolphins this weekend... that would help!

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