by NYJETSDAN16 Tue 3 Feb 2015 - 9:14
Superman55 wrote: GratefulJet wrote:Certainly not a lock to go before 6, but what Kelly is surely thinking is, it sure would suck to trade up to #6 only watch St Louis or some other team trade up to #5 at the last minute and scoop him up.
All I'm saying is last year at this time Bridgewater was pencilled in as the top pick, the year before Geno was a top 5 lock...I'm just saying Mariota has as many warts in his game as those 2 (the kid has never had to read a defense or progress through reads, Bill Polian and Greg Cosell describe the concern as a QB that has never turned his head while executing the passing game to see an entire field, he just looks at one spot on the field and decides to throw it to that part of the field or not, his eyes aren't even trained to progress through receivers). He has a huge learning curve that may get exposed in classroom sessions that has people pumping the brakes.
To your point, it only takes 1 team to fall in love with a prospect, but I expect the draft picture to be very different in April than it is in January like every other year.
Completely agree, many aspects of draft status rankings can change on a player from now until late April. Hell, who knows, Mac might be working on an insane deal to acquire a QB we're not even thinking about & we'd be settled at the position heading into the draft (or not).
To 55's point, Bridgewater was penciled in even before last year as a top 5 pick. His pro day made him plummet to the late 20's last year. I think the real question is, if Mariota drops to 6 do we:
1-Draft him & keep him or
2-Draft him and make an Eli Manning'esque deal with the Eagles in which we can juice out as much as we can from them so Chip can acquire the player he mostly covets for his system?
In my opinion, As much as i like Marcus, i'd choose option #2. Foles is a legit starter in this league and with proper protection, he can change this franchises fortunes for the better.