I hope so. That would make it a lot easier.
Not sure about the Raiders. I think they want to see Carr with AB first. Next season is really meaningless to them. If Carr and AB click so be it. If not they will go QB next year for the shiny new Vegas stadium.
They don't even know where they play this season.
In my opinion these are the teams who could target QBs to be groomed and pick ahead of us:
- #1 Cardinals: Rosen or Murray
- #4 Oakland: Carr (29). Still has dead cap money but low (5 Mill next year; 2.5 Mill in 2021)
- #6 Giants: Manning (38): UFA next year
- #8 Lions: Stafford (31). Possible out of contract in 2021 with a 10 Mill dead cap hit
- #10 Broncos: Flacco (34): has 3 years remaining on his contract and no dead cap hit. Could be released anytime.
- #11 Bengals: Dalton (30) has two more seasons and no dead cap hit. All guaranteed is paid out.
I am pretty sure the Giants will go QB this year even if they may want to extend Manning. They cannot get caught flat footed and with no other possibility going into possible negotiations with Eli.
Lions and Bengals: I am not sure how confident they feel that Dalton and Stafford will bring them to the promised land. I can see them (fans and FO) have a QB fatigue like we had with Ryan. They could wait another year but if either team has any ambitions to be better next season this year might be the better draft position for them to address the QB situation.
Oakland: like I said "who knows". They may just stay pat and target a QB next year if Carr does not excel next season.
If the Cards trade Rosen I hope it is to a team ahead of us preferable the Giants.