First of all i hope iam wrong, but i truly believe tannehill will not last an entire year. Just because of the injury.
So im hoping we draft a qb in the first round.
You post implies if you were the GM, you would have given up on Marino after his first knee surgery (back when the surgery and recovery was way more risky and less of a sure thing). Hell, this puts you into the "not taking Brees because of his shoulder" camp too. How much money do you have down on the Colts moving away from Luck this year? Knees are a relatively safe repair and recovery these days, and Tannehills injury wasn't bad as far as knees go. But if we are to take your premise on face value, then how many of our other guys who are far more dependent on running on EVERY play and are recovering from knee surgery are you going to replace this draft?
This just another barely veiled "I don't like Tannehill" threads. Why it needed a new thread instead of just piling on the last 120, I don't know.
This year there is a very good qb class. y not take a chance this year that the odds of drafting a gem are very high.
We have only drafted a qb in the first round once since marino, and it worked out pretty well with tannehill until the injury.
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Actually, many feel that this years crop of QB's are offering less than last years (quantity is not the same as quality), so not really that great -- but that first round pick we would use would be real.
Tannehill wasn't a superstar but we won some games with him even though we never made the playoffs with him until he got hurt.
Again, Why not take a chance this year and draft a qb.
GO Phins.
Because you have to look at the overall team and ask: where are we at the greatest risk/need. If we use a #1 pick on a QB, then we're not using that pick somewhere else. Since you had a vision and you are working on the premise that RT won't last a year because he got hurt for the first time in 5 years, you are assuming the #1 pick will be playing this year. Now the question to ask then is: A) are there really enough great QBs in this draft that we'll get one too; B) if not, how much will we have to trade in order to move up to get one of those "Sure things".
Path A: If you follow the boards here, you'll see that almost every QB that's declared has someone who knows they are a "sure thing" which is a wonderful proxy for "drafting is well informed guessing and a lot of finger crossing". But to be clear, you are saying there are 4 to 5 STARTING READY QBs in this draft and that the one that will fall to us will also magically fit our offensive scheme needs (or that once we get this sure thing, we'll be able to retool our offense to fit this QBs strengths and weaknesses).
*I'll happily take this bed with you. Hell, I'll give you odds too*
Path B: You are willing on this team with as many holes as we have, to forgo filling 2 or 3 of them this year. Putting our new 'sure thing' on a bad team makes for a bad team. Remember, we played for years with one of the best coaches and QB's EVER, on a team with too many holes and have nothing but fond memories of what should have been to show for it.