man of few opinions wrote:
Juiced wrote:
man of few opinions wrote:
The Hawk wrote:
WestmontMike wrote:
Last year, Ryan Poles said he'd have to be blown away by a quarterback to use the number 1 pick on him. I think this year is the opposite. He's picking a quarterback with the number 1 pick, and would have to be blown away by a draft haul to move down.
The other difference is this year's pick is going to determine its Poles is a success or a failure.
Not when you have the number one pick and so many teams are in competition for the pick. He'd be nuts to keep that pick when you are getting such a large haul of draft picks and additional players.
Hawk, your unrequited love for Fields notwithstanding, I think you are actually absolutely right with this take. If some team is dumb enough to make a similar or even worse trade with you this year for the #1 overall than the Panthers made last year, the Bears have to take it.
The point of trading away the pick last year was to give yourself draft capital to draft Williams or one of the other QB's in a deep QB draft. They hit the lottery when the Panthers gave them the #1 pick this year. They no longer have to package 2 picks to get a QB.
Trading away the #1 pick and NOT picking up either Williams or Maye would be the end of Ryan Poles and a complete organizational failure by the Bears.Trade down with the 9th pick if you need a 2nd rounder. Missing out on this QB class would be a huge mistake.
Except for the one obvious scenario you aren't taking into account -
neither Williams nor Maye are very good NFL QB's, and he takes advantage of another teams desperation to take a QB at all cost.
We do not know if they are very good QB's or not. C.J. Stroud was "not a very good QB" in last years draft and look how that turned out.
The Bears set themselves up to draft a QB this year. You might not have another chance to draft #1 with a generational talent sitting there for you to pick.
No college QB is going to be a sure thing. You could have the next 20 years of first round picks and not have a better QB prospect then Williams to pick. Players like him come around every 25 years! Hense the term Generational Talent!
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The Doctor Of Style wrote:
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