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By EastStreet · Posted
Welp, like I said before the hire, Sirianni likely means they'll try to fix things. And honestly, I think that's the best thing all things considered. Huge dice roll on both fronts IMO. Wentz could be broke. Sirianni could be a huge reach. Or it could work out. If I had to bet, I'd say Philly is gong to 8-8ish next year. Total wildcard situation though. -
Well when there was basically no offseason it’s a little harsh to say that about him. Him and Eason are kind of in the same spot. Ballard would have to decide who has the most upside. If Love would of been taken by the colts in the second that tells you they probably think more of Love. Or at least did at draft time.
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I can't find anything saying he "sucks". Perhaps you can provide a link.
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By EastStreet · Posted
Personally I hope he stays put. I do think it's an option the team has to consider seriously though (at least for one year) given all the holes we have. My gut says he'd be very good (high 70s or low 80s), but not great (high 80s to 90ish). He's a freak, so I think he could pull it off. I do think his best position is at guard though. I also think Smith's best position is guard, but he's worked out very well at T. To me, comes down to how other pieces fall (DEx2, QB, CB, etc), and what you value more, elite LG or good-to-great LT. If I had to bet, they go with 2nd or 3rd round OT in the draft, or medium priced FA and leave Q where he is. AC didn't play great this year, but it went unnoticed by most simply because Q was next to him making his job a whole lot easier. Nothing would surprise me though. Perfect situation for me, leave Q, Smith successfully moves to LT, and we plug RT with a 2nd or 3rd draft pick. -
By John Hammonds · Posted
Ballard preaches it. I've advocated it for years. Just because you need a quarterback doesn't necessarily means that you just go out and draft a quarterback. He's the next best guy. He's available at our next pick. So take him. Right? NO! You gotta do your research. And if you love every single thing about him, you move mountains to take him. If he's just the next guy, and you need a quarterback, don't take him based on those reasons alone. I can't help but add commentary to each of the QB picks in your list. Data analysis is what I do for a living, so, it's just in my nature. 2012 Round 1 1st Andrew Luck YES - The highest graded QB coming out of college since Peyton. And played like it too. Until injuries sustained from both a bad OL and being Superman caught up with him. 2nd Robert Griffin III NO - Incredibly talented. More so than Luck. What they didn't tell us was that he was made of delicate crystal. Shatter on impact. Any impact. Any. 8th Ryan Tannehill NO - He didn't strike me as worth drafting this high. But you know how it is. Miami needed a quarterback. Glad he found success with the Titans eventually. 22 Brandon Weedon NO - What can I say? It's the Browns. The guy was 28 years old. That's when you are in your NFL prime. And he wasn't already better than the other QB's coming out? And his career would last all of 15 minutes due to his age alone? Why??? Oh yeah, I forgot. It's the Browns. And the Browns needed a quarterback. 2013 Round 1 16th E J Manuel NO - The 2013 draft was pretty bad, top to bottom. Manuel was the best of a very poor quarterback group. Hey, guess what? The Bills needed a quarterback. Guess what they did? 2014 Round 1 3rd Blake Bortles NO - Let's see. This guy is tall, big, and plays at a small school. That automatically makes him Ben Roethlisberger, right? The Jags certainly though so. In case you didn't know, no, it doesn't. 22 Johnny Manziel NO - It's the Browns again. This guy's off-field issues screamed stay away. Many teams didn't even have him on their boards. But, he was exciting. And the Browns needed a quarterback. Yeah, whatever. 2015 Round 1 1st Jameis Winston NO - He was very talented. And he was from a nearby school. Why wouldn't the Bucs take him? And for a while, it seemed like a good pick. But he never could get out of trying to do too much, and throwing as many INT's as TD's. 2nd Marcus Mariota NO - I liked him. I really did. Calm poise, decent arm, good school program. What they tried to tell us (and I didn't listen) was that his calm was so calm that he really wasn't much of a leader. Or a producer, it turns out. 2016 Round 1 1st Jared Goff NO - I felt this entire QB draft was an attempt to put as much hype into the players as they could. I wasn't a fan of any of them. At least Goff came from a big school program, right? 2nd Carson Wentz YES - I was not high on him. North Dakota State? What was his competition level? Who did he ever play? I'm glad he found the success he did in the NFL. But I definitely thought Philly pulled a blunder. 22nd Paxton Lynch NO - Ok, I kinda liked the guy. But I usually like players with more pluck than talent. After Peyton left, the Broncos definitely needed a quarterback, and thought this seat-of-your-pants player could develop into something. He didn't. 2017 Round 1 2nd Mitch Trubisky NO - The red flags were there to see. He'd only played 13 games. At North Carolina, no less. What are you doing trading up into the 2nd pick to get him? Oh yeah. The Bears needed a quarterback. This is the kind of move that gets a GM fired. 10th Patrick Mahomes YES - I wasn't high on him. We'd already seen joystick QB's come and go. They'd have great success in college, but just couldn't translate to the NFL. Boy, was I wrong! Good for the Chiefs for seeing what I could not. And picking a QB when they already had one. 12th Deshawn Watson YES - He was my favorite in this class. I don't care what deficiencies he may have. He played the best team in the nation, twice, beating them once, and seriously performing well the other time. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. 2018 Round 1 1st Baker Mayfield YES - I was against this pick. It's the Browns again. Picking a guy that looks better on TV than he does on the field. I'm glad for the Browns that this guy worked out. I still don't think he's worth a #1 overall. But it worked. Good for them. 3rd Sam Darnold NO - It's hard to say whether Darnold's performance is due to playing for the Jets, playing for Adam Gase, or both. I sure would like to say that it's not simply because he's a bust. I thought he was the best of the group. I hope the USC Golden Boy gets out of NY and gets a better shot. 7th Josh Allen YES - Ok, I'll admit it. I thought this baby faced QB wasn't as talented as he turned out to be. He was my choice for bust in this group. Didn't turn out that way. Good for him. 10th Josh Rosen NO - He was the true bust. But he didn't project that way. He was smart. And talented. Was he truly that bad in Phoenix? Or did they just not give him a chance, and went after the shiny new thing the following year? His inability to win the starting job in Miami kinda says it all. No, he's a bust. 32nd Lamar Jackson YES - Seriously. A hyped up joystick QB from Louisville of all places, looking like the second coming of Michael Vick, without Vick's rocket arm. I didn't believe. And yet, it's working for Baltimore. At least enough to let go of Joe Flacco. Please note - in this year's playoffs, the two joystick QB's both sustained injuries due to their play style.
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