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Note however he was casted off from his original team for a top 5 overall selection at QB who is definately a better player. Brees has been tremendous in his own right the last few years though.
This should SCREAM to any FO in the NFL, that if you want to put a team together, the first and foremost thing you need to do is get yourself a talented QB. It screams if you have the first overall selection and you dont have a QB, you probably want to consider that before selecting a lineman.
Guess the 2 QB's who have thrown for more then 5k yards? Dan Marino and Drew Brees. Now, i can understand you refusing to believe Drew Brees is the best QB not named Brady or P. Manning(as Nick Saban incorrectly, and utterly failed in doing so, decided that Drew Brees would never throw again- great coaching that), but Phillip Rivers is not as great as Brees. Brees would(most likely) have set the completion rating record for a season had his coach not insisted on sitting him. While Drew was devasted(being a baseball fan, he grew up idolizing Ted Williams), he understood the need of playing it safe for a ring. And he accomplished that. Phillip Rivers is on his way to being a MVP, but Drew Brees is the better player, even if Nick Saban utterly and completely failed to realize that. As far as having a franchise QB:
One major reason for that hope is the approach each team has taken with these signal-callers. The biggest question about young quarterbacks used to be obvious: Do you start them or do you sit them? But these current players are succeeding because their franchises have been more focused on other issues, such as: Does this quarterback really fit their needs? What kind of supporting cast can be put around him? How much patience is necessary to put the player on the path to success? Above all else, a team wants to know how resilient the kid is.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?page=hotread09/YoungQBs
Keep in mind, people interviewed for that article were individuals who drafted QB's high.
Ah, if only we all had the lack of faith to declare any chance of optimism(from a coaching staff you have supported when the team won then immediately unsupported when the team lost) then we all might jump in joy whenever a human being doesnt complete every single pass. Then again, youve shown you cheer for Miami Dolphin players getting injured.
The rest of the post was extremely amusing. You sit here and say: "We never should have drafted a left tackle!" and yet you turn around and say "Oh, well if Buffalo drafts the main/only QB he will go up there and die".
You cry for a call to arms.......then suggest if we can't get the top prospect(which we cannot. Buffalo isn't that inept into giving a division rival a franchise QB while they pass on it) then we should chill.
What exactly do you want? For us to not take a QB in the second round? Well, as its week 11, i would say thats a resounding mission accomplished. Should we trade everything at this moment? No? Why not? Oh, its the middle of the season. Then this thread is irrelevant.