Official Texans @ Jaguars Game Thread, 10/18/2015

[Keith]

FWIW, I keep using Bortles in these posts since he was the first QB taken when Clowney was picked, and the Texans were rumored to have interest in Bortles in a trade down scenario that never materialized. Personally, I was in favor of Bridgewater in the first round of all the QBs available.

Originally Posted by WMH

I don't think you pick a top end QB just because.

The David Carr vs. Julius Peppers and the Vince Young vs. Mario Williams debates definitely support that. In both of those scenarios the DE was better than the top QB taken, and the selections of Carr and Young arguably set both franchises back years.

But 2014 is different from 2002 and 2006, and even if you didn't like the first QB selected, the reality is this:

Originally Posted by WMH

This is a QB driven league

Kinda like Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at the base of the NFL version of this pyramid is a franchise QB. Sucks you need a QB to win in this league, but with all of the rule changes to promote offense, this is more true now than it even was in 2002 and 2006.

Originally Posted by WMH

The rest look mediocre, guys that will hang in the league for a couple of years and eventually get a coach fired.

Mallett and Hoyer are doing a fine job helping O'Brien inch closer to being fired, especially if the solution in 2016 is still to use the draft to find the QB needed to be successful.