Everyone going into this season had surmised that Tua was THE QB. I didn't necessarily agree with that, but I do like the kid as a prospect. Now, there's a decidedly different take amongst scouts. I will not be surprised if Tua goes #1 overall, but I'm not certain he is the best QB prospect in this draft and will also not be surprised if Tua isn't the first QB taken. There are no prospects like Luck in this draft, IMHO. But, this class has some really good QB prospects in it, and almost every flavor people want is available. I want to build the Dolphins into a Super Bowl contender, and with the draft picks we've stashed for 2020 and 2021, we definitely have the firepower to do that. I don't trust the Jets to take a QB #1 overall, but I'd also hate to see them get a huge draft hoard to trade down to like #4 or something. Similarly, I'll be gutted if we have to use big draft assets to move up from #5 to #1 just to get the coach the QB he covets.An interesting post.
I don't have a lot of favorites during a draft because there is just to high a " failure to launch" with those draft picks.
Sometimes it's an internal problem such as adjusting mentally to the NFL game, or just an unwillingness to change what they have been doing in college that made them successful and adapt the NFL models put before them and sometimes its their ego combined with a lot of immaturity coupled to new-found wealth that locks them out of improving themselves.
Then there are the potential external problems of coach's failing to fit a QB's skill set to their system and coaching techniques.
I do value the QB position highly, but realize that any one of say, the five most prominent QB's in the draft, is as likely to be the best pick as any one of the remaining four. We won't know for 2 or 3 years after they are selected who will perform at a high NFL level.
For that reason, I consider the idea of tanking for a specific high draft position to get "the one QB" is a poor use of draft resources.
I'm also a proponent of having at least two competent QB's at all times with an upcoming QB as a third on the team each year. The upcoming QB slot is where we start a new draft pick.
With the HUGE number of draft picks we have, including 3 in the first round, I don't see any problem in getting a very high quality potential franchise QB. We just don't know what that QB's name will be until the draft.