A great QB hides many deficiencies of a team.
I agree with that. Dave Gettleman said something interesting in his press conference. On a question: "When you talk about QBs in this draft, given the importance of the position, and how you cannot win without one, do you still apply your "gold jacket" [HoF] standard to picking at #2 if it's a QB?"
Dave said: "I'm gonna turn the question to you, . . . If you think about it, think about all the QBs you've seen [in this draft], Who of them have made everybody better? [pause] . . . That's what you're looking for in a QB. Does he make everybody around him better? That's what you're looking for."
That to me is one of the important rough standards as well. But, to this team it may not be, and probably isn't. While they are interested in Baker Mayfield, who we can consider to have made everyone in Oklahoma look good, there are decisions that point in a different direction with the Dolphins.
They extended and committed to Tannehill, who quarterbacked through a revolving door of coaches, offensive linemen, receivers. They signed Brock Osweiler, who has not exactly made everyone better. And now there are rumors of interest in Rosen, whose coaches were fired and who hardly made his line look good, or his receivers.
In last season's finale they tested David Fales, who looked good processing, but his arm did not look to be on par. This offseason Fales was on the bubble. They obviously liked some things, but did not like others. Then they signed Osweiler who has a big arm. The Tannehill, Mayfield, Osweiler, Fales interest also indicates they want a QB who is familiar with the system or has mental processing to execute Gase's system.
So those are their standards in my opinion: mental processing and arm strength. And Rosen fits that.
But in my opinion, Rosen is not a great QB, and that's where their standards fail. And that's why we get Brock Osweilers of the world signed to a contract. They are not looking for greatness. They are looking for minutiae.
