Darnold, Fields, Wilson, Jones, Trask, Lance

Discussion in 'Draft' started by NOVAJET, Dec 28, 2020.

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Fields, Wilson or Darnold

  1. Fields

    22.0%
  2. Wilson

    26.3%
  3. Darnold

    31.7%
  4. Other - Explain

    10.8%
  5. Watson: 3 1st's

    9.1%
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  1. GasedAndConfused

    GasedAndConfused Well-Known Member

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    yet the bills did the same and they are a playoff team. they passed on mahomes to draft josh allen a year later. then built a team around him for 2 years while he was medicore. then in his 3rd year he made the pro bowl and took them to the playoffs. if sam was playing as well as mahomes nobody here would be complaining or calling mac an idiot and we wouldn't suck as bad.
     
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  2. GasedAndConfused

    GasedAndConfused Well-Known Member

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    generational talent is such a joke buzz word. it's supposed to be for like the 1 in 20 year guy. but almost every year we have 1 it seems. it's just a word for clicks.
     
  3. MoWilkBeast

    MoWilkBeast Well-Known Member

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    About as long as it usually does.
     
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  4. K'OB

    K'OB 2021 TGG Fantasy Football Champ

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    It lasted until we got the number 2 pick :rolleyes:
     
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  5. ouchy

    ouchy Well-Known Member

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    Man the Mahomes thing never dies around here. Can you imagine Mahomes on our crummy teams, or with Gase as the coach? We still don't know all we have gained from passing on Mahomes but we got some serious value from the Adams pick.

    Here is what we got with the 6th pick in 2017:

    -A multi year pro bowl SS. Just because we sucked doesn't mean we didn't have him. He was just squandered on bad teams.

    -2 first round picks and a 3rd round pick. We don't even know the final haul for passing on Mahomes. We have two high and one middle round draft picks coming to our team still. These are players we haven't even met yet. Maybe one of them will become our QB? Who knows?

    People cant complain about picking Adams in 2017 until the 2022 season is done. Then we will know what we got and what the overall value of that pick turned out to be. So far its been pretty frigging amazing.

    Why stop at the first round in 2017. Here is a list of players we "could have taken" in 2017:

    In the 2nd round we missed out on Alvin Kamara
    In the 3rd round we missed out on Chris Godwin.
    In the 4th round we missed out on George Kittle.
    In the 5th round we missed out on Aaron Jones.

    Hindsight makes everyone an expert.
     
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  6. hobgoblin

    hobgoblin Well-Known Member

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    I know it can be silly to put too much stock into one game, but if Fields looks as good against Bama as he did against Clemson I think that'll speak volumes about the type of player and competitor he is.

    In that case we're either taking him or getting an absurd return from a team that wants him. We're all Fields fans Monday night.
     
  7. GasedAndConfused

    GasedAndConfused Well-Known Member

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    exactly. nobody can complain about the adams pick. anytime you draft a guy and he's a pro bowler year 1 and an all pro year 2 it's a good pick period. anything else is irrelevant. we could have drafted john ross who went 3 picks later and was a bust.
     
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  8. BrooklynJetsFan

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    Watching the game. They just flashed Josh Allen had the lowest completion pct the last two years in the league. Bills get him Diggs and suddenly he's 4th ranked. And Diggs is arguably the best route runner in the league right now.

    QBs need weapons. Don't matter which QB you have... Oh btw, Diggs laid out for that pass, Perriman.....enough said.
     
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  9. GasedAndConfused

    GasedAndConfused Well-Known Member

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    allen is looking great. did you see him on a designed QB run improvise and throw a TD while being tackled? his deep ball placement is amazing too. that pass to diggs on that drive was phenominal
     
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    Its his footwork and progressions he has improved a ton on. Also confidence is high with him, if he faces serious adversity id like to see how he handles that. But he has improved in all areas where Sam has regressed
     
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    It's the play calling too. Designed rollouts throwing the defense off. He's only sat in the pocket once to throw the ball, everything is outside the tackles. How you get a young QB in rhythm. Gase was the worst.
     
  12. GasedAndConfused

    GasedAndConfused Well-Known Member

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    playcalling is good but that TD was all allen. the playcall was a QB draw but he was stuffed and shot putted it to the end zone while being tackled for a TD.
     
  13. K'OB

    K'OB 2021 TGG Fantasy Football Champ

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    All hindsight does is make you sick at what you could have had.

    Jones with a 5th ffs
     
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    Yea yea. You don't win games like that in the NFL though consistently. Allen is a dual-threat and has a coaching staff that plays to his strength. Diggs is the X-factor because he gives him a threat all over the field.
     
  15. GasedAndConfused

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    they won by 3. you can absolutely argue that play won them the game
     
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    Frank Reich going on 4th up 10-7 early. Also Blakenship missing a FG. More than likely why.
     
  17. Footballgod214

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    Ya Colts really coulda used some of those time outs at the end there they wasted on reviews, which they lost. Glad for the Bills, but feel bad for Rivers. He's probably done.
     
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    And again, the Bills were not as desperate for a QB as the Jets were. While I do think they were wrong to pass on Mahomes, it wasn't an "idiotic" mistake because they had a QB who was serviceable, and theoretically was young enough to build around.
     
  19. Kryoptix

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    It's a process. Not magical thinking. Getting a new shinny QB won't suddenly improve the offense if the supporting cast is shit.
    I have watched enough of Justin Fields and I am not sold on him.

    The smart decision would be trading down a continue building a better supporting cast to Darnold and if he cannot deliver you get your QB next year. (Yes there will be good candidates, there are always good one)
     
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  20. Borat

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    It really does. When 90% of fans on this message board make a franchise pick, and a GM of a football team misses it, we can keep the literal label.
     
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