Walter Football 4RD Mock - Cherry Pick

[Joshua]

And to answer your hypo, coming away with the best QB and a decent defensive player is always preferrable to coming away with the best defender and a decent QB.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by Joshua

And to answer your hypo, coming away with the best QB and a decent defensive player is always preferrable to coming away with the best defender and a decent QB.

Not if I don't like the QB's at the top of the draft. I'm not taking a QB I don't like or think is way overvalued at #1 just because I need a QB.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by popanot

Not if I don't like the QB's at the top of the draft. I'm not taking a QB I don't like or think is way overvalued at #1 just because I need a QB.

I totally agree with this. Don't force it if you don't think any of the 3 are 1st round talent.

I don't get the idea that if you don't go QB 1.1 you should at 2.1 or you should immediately trade for some relatively young guy. Why force a mediocre prospect (Carr), when you wouldn't force a good prospect (Bridgewater)? Why throw away the 33 pick? If your future at QB is not there, sign a stop gap veteran, don't draft a guy who excelled at behind the LOS passes in a gimmick offense, against terrible competition.

[chuck]

I've decided that Bridgewater is the real deal and will be happy if the team takes him. But I certainly see both sides of this. It's clear that to win in this league you need a top quarterback. It's also clear that reaching for a guy when you're desperate for a quarterback gets you a Matthew Stafford (or much, much worse). Stafford's pretty good but I don't see him winning a Super Bowl.

If those guys aren't convinced that any of the available QBs can and will take the Texans to the Super Bowl then I'm happy to wait and get the best football players available at #1 and #33 and go from there.

To answer a question occasionally asked around here, yes, I would have been content to watch Tony Banks play for a few years. It turns out I had no idea just how content I would have been, in fact.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

I've decided that Bridgewater is the real deal and will be happy if the team takes him. But I certainly see both sides of this. It's clear that to win in this league you need a top quarterback. It's also clear that reaching for a guy when you're desperate for a quarterback gets you a Matthew Stafford (or much, much worse). Stafford's pretty good but I don't see him winning a Super Bowl.

If those guys aren't convinced that any of the available QBs can and will take the Texans to the Super Bowl then I'm happy to wait and get the best football players available at #1 and #33 and go from there.

To answer a question occasionally asked around here, yes, I would have been content to watch Tony Banks play for a few years. It turns out I had no idea just how content I would have been, in fact.

I like a lot about Bridgewater. His pro style offense credentials are very intriguing. Of course, Leinhart was a pro style guy out of college too, so some of just comes down to good old fashioned talent.

Hopefully Teddy is well prepared AND talented. Most of all, I really hope there is a QB that is worth 1.1, since this is likely the best chance at a franchise QB that we will get this decade. Even if we delay, it's not like there is some QB in next year's class to get all excited about (no Andrew Luck on the horizon).

So unless Tom Brady breaks his neck this year, gets cut, and goes looking for work in 2015, I hope we come out of this draft with a real QB.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by chuck

It turns out I had no idea just how content I would have been, in fact.

Hahaha, yes, the power of hindsight.

You wouldn't say this about Kent Graham though.

[HPF Bob]

1. Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida

(I'd rather have Bridgewater over Bortles,)

2. Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee

(Won't argue with this)

3. Jeremiah Attaochu, DE-OLB, Georgia Tech

(ILB Christian Jones of Florida State would be my choice)

4. E. J. Gaines, CB, Missouri

(overall not bad but disagree with Bortles at 1-1)

[painekiller]

1 Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
33 Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee
65 Carl Bradford, DE/OLB, Arizona State
97 Brandon Thomas, G/OT, Clemson


I could see this, not sure I like it, but I could see it.