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Message: [QUOTE="Stern, post: 1997660, member: 527"] We aren't disagreeing on this topic as much as you think. You have some valid points. Yes, you will find a year or 2 here and there like you are describing, but that is the exception and not the norm. 2012, Luck, Griffin, Tannehill Top 10. Weeden also went in Rd 1. 2011 you had Newton, Locker, Ponder, Gabbert all in the Top 12 2014 you had 3 in Rd 1 2015 and 2016 Winston and Mariotta...then Goff and Wentz go Top 2 back to back years in a row If you are picking near the top of the draft it's a 99% chance it's because you don't have a QB. Sure, a team like the Browns could ride Kessler for 1 more year who they took last year in Rd 3 or 4 and played decent at times and not take a QB with their two high picks this year in round 1. But odds are they take a QB with one of those picks. Odds are QB's go flying early in Rd 1. Unless a team is in love with Jay Cutler or wants to trade for Romo, you can't find a QB on the open market in the NFL. So SF, Cleveland, Jets, Chicago...they gotta address the position somehow and hoping someone falls to Rd 2 is very risky to say the least. Plus, odds are teams like Buffalo and Arizona who won't have starting QB's after this year are dying to trade up to get one. You have Kizer, Watson, Trubisky in whatever order are all going in Rd 1. And at least two are going very high probably Top 10 if not higher. Maybe I'm wrong and if so I will be here in April so you can rub it in my face. But, you have these owners who have losing teams and empty stadiums...they need a QB to move forward. They are going to draft them early. Chicago can't roll out Matt Barkly Week 1 next year. SF can't roll out Kaepernick or Gabbert week 1 next year. The Jets can't roll out Geno or Petty week 1 next year. OK, maybe one team signs Cutler, maybe one signs Tyrod Taylor...but aside from that the rest need QB's. And if you do sign Cutler he isn't a long-term answer. These teams need to draft QB's high to have any sort of future, sell tickets, excite your fan base and build towards the future. That's why QB's go so high in Rd 1. This is a business and you have to sell your product. The QB is the product in the NFL! And on a side note...the QB I like the best out of them all is Mason Rudolph from Oklahoma St. I think his game translates the best to the NFL and he will be the best of this 2017 QB bunch (assuming he comes out) but that is a different debate for a different day. [/QUOTE]

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