(11-27-2020, 07:47 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:

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

I gotta disagree with this assessment. I like Lawrence a lot and see him as by far, the best QB prospect in this draft, but I definitely don't consider him a generational talent. In fact, I don't think he's as good as Joe Burrow was coming out of college last year and I certainly don't think he's as good as Andrew Luck was either. Luck was the last QB that I would've genuinely given almost anything to trade up for. I just don't like trading up, ever. Luck was the only time I went against that idea. In general, I like trading down and accumulating picks or just staying put. If we finish with the #2 pick, I say stay put and take Sewell. If we finish lower than #2, I'd have to see who's ahead of us. In my mind there is two elite players in that draft (Lawrence and Sewell.) If we can't get either one, we might as well trade down a few spots and accumulate more picks for 2022.

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