I gave a lot of full-throated cries in protest at spending a 2nd round pick on Josh Rosen, when that pick could've been used on Juan Thornhill or Chase Winovich. But even I'm a little surprised that the people who were in heavy support of that decision have essentially forgotten he exists, and are now pondering the merits of taking two QBs in the first couple of days of the 2020 draft.
I get that there's a consistency to it. Keep stabbing at the problem until you kill it. It's just that it's only been like half a minute since so many of those people were acting like anyone who disagrees about the wisdom of the trade is a simpleton.
All that Josh Rosen has managed to show in that half-minute is that he'll struggle behind a terrible OL (which we already knew from Arizona), whereas Ryan Fitzpatrick (who has established a long career of being more of a spark plug versus pressure) will do better under those same conditions. We've learned that Rosen, whose college coaches warned this would be the case, takes a bit of time to really learn a new offense. In other words, we didn't learn anything we didn't already know.
But now he's yesterday's refuse.
It just goes to show why I argued so often and so strongly that this was a wrong-headed idea in the first place. There was never a realistic win scenario. He could defy my projections and turn out to be a truly delightful quarterback, but the Miami Dolphins will never find that out for themselves. Or at least, if Miami fans have their way, they'll never find that out for themselves.
As for the idea of selecting two quarterbacks in the 2020 draft, I am not sure that I am on board with that. I have long subscribed to the policy espoused by many of you, keep stabbing at the problem until it's dead. But I also think you've got to be smart about it, hence the disagreement about the Josh Rosen trade. There's no sense pissing away valuable resources in exchange for no-win scenarios.
One hesitation I have about the double-dip is that QB classes can have a tendency sometimes to have contagious risk to the downside. There are classes out there where it didn't matter if you took QB1 or QB10. Inevitably, you end up comparing these QBs to one another, and that can result in the entire crowd being overrated. Double-dip one of those classes and you end up with a weird risk scenario where if your 1st QB ends up being a waste of resources, the odds increase that your 2nd QB is also a waste of resources.
Another hesitation I have is that, like it or not, Ryan Fitzpatrick is going to be here in 2020 because they value his ability to mentor and teach a new kid (like, hopefully, Tua Tagovailoa). And yet, Josh Rosen is probably going to be here as well. The seats start to fill up and there are only so many reps to go around. You need reps to try and improve these guys. You also need reps to try and find out what they have, so that you don't make the mistake of shoving the wrong one out the door. If you were ever thinking about double-dipping the 2020 class then you certainly should not have bothered with the Josh Rosen trade...and maybe it should work the opposite way, too (trading for Josh Rosen means you should not double-dip in 2020). Although, since I never held out much hope for Josh Rosen, I'm not 100% sold on this particular line of logic. But the Dolphins most likely are.
But I am susceptible in particular to what Awsi brought up about IF two quarterbacks come up that fit your system and evaluation standards. You're not just drafting two to draft two. You would be taking Tua Tagovailoa, and the finding that Jordan Love or Jake Fromm are still available to you in the 2nd or 3rd round, and saying well crap, I didn't expect these guys to still be available and it can't hurt to get another one.
