[Speculation] Sage to the Jets?

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Really?

You don't think we could get a player who contributes in the 5th round? Or are you simply saying that we can't get a 5th round QB who would be as "dependable" as Sage? I think I could find a couple of 5th rounders who might compete for a starting position on this team, how sad is that?

Bear Pascoe
Matt Shaugnessy
Lawrence Sidbury
Corvey Irvin
Dannel Ellerbe
Cedric Peerman
AQ Shipley
CJ Spillman
Andy Kemp

Heck, Marlon Lucky is rated as undrafted and he'd probably add more into the W column than Sage.

NFL teams sink thousands of man hours and millions of dollars into scouting and regularly blow 1st round picks, and yet you are confident you can tell which UDFAs will add to the win column? Talk about the definition of Hubris. The best you can do is work hard to research the publicly available internet data and take a guess. I am confident after years of watching your posts that you do indeed do the best anyone could possibly do in the circumstances, but you are still levels below the guys making the actual picks (mostly due to resources and personal access to players). And they blow it all the time. You are pretending if you think you know what 5th rounders make us better next year.

As for Sage. Kubiak is coaching for his job, and our backup QB will be on the field next year if history is an indicator. Sage has shown himself to be a good NFL backup (no more, no less). We would be hard pressed to improve at that position if we dealt him, and we are not going to turn our team around next year for the 5th you guys advocate taking.

If we had a young coach with a longer leash I'd say Sage is gone in the name of young talent. But as it is, I just don't see them pulling the trigger for a low round pick.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by barrett

The best you can do is work hard to research the publicly available internet data and take a guess.

2004 - RB Michael Turner
2005 - LB Adam Seward
2006 - DE Mark Anderson
2007 - WR Aundae Allison and LB Tim Shaw
2008 - OT Carl Nicks

Those were my 5th round picks over the last 5 years. They aren't Pro-Bowlers, except for Turner (I got lucky), but they were "My Guys" and I'll stand by them. The names that I threw out today were prospects that NFLDraft scout currently has listed as 5th rounders. Invariably, players that they rank as 3rd-4th round projects end up lasting until the 5th round. Turner was given a 2nd-3rd round grade, Seward 3-4th, Anderson 2-3rd, Allison a 3rd round grade and Shaw was ranked 3rd round. Carl Nicks had a 4th round grade after his off-field incident (he had been a 2nd round guy). Given that history, we could possibly end up with Eric Wood or Cody Brown in the 5th this year.

As for getting another backup - Ramsey would be the 1st guy I'd look at. He knows the playbook and can hold his own. Just like Sage.

I'm all for "just" trading down a couple slots to pick up late picks. Now if we can "just" find a willing trade partner to make that happen.