(11-27-2020, 11:26 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

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

Its not my assessment; I haven't  watched him enough to form a strong opinion one way or the other.  I'm just saying that the hype and rhetoric around him hasn't been this high on a QB prospect since Luck came out, and only matched by the other guys I've mentioned.  I'm just saying, if you believe this guy is that type of talent, then you try to go up (within reason) to get him.  As a rule, I'm with you on moving back and accumulating picks unless you love a guy's value at your draft position.  If you move up to get a guy, its OK to be aggressive... but you better be right.

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