Ok everyone remembers when Mo Lewis leveled Bledsoe and Wally Pip a.k.a. Tom Brady a 6th rd pick came in as QB and went on to SB glory. Now the Jets under N.E. management (it's true) may pass on Lienhart or Young. Two QB's who excelled under pressure and had great college careers. D'Brick or Williams would be good picks no arguing that. However we could be passing on a NFL legend. All the experts are torn. They're either going to be great or busts depending on the so called expert of the hour. Could Brady's sucess be clouding Tannenbaum's and Mangini's judgement? It's a fair question.Regardless at 4 we should come away with a quality player. On the other hand we could get the QB who may bring us the Lombardi one day.
If you have a solid D and an impregnable O-line you can have scrwany ass Brooks Bollinger lead you to the Lombardi trophy
With those assumptions about the D and O Line, we'd have a better chance with Helen Keller as QB than Brooks Bollinger.
How many Superbowl QB's were actually drafted in the first round? The answer to that question should tell you the importance of drafting one of those touted QB's...
Yes, true but that was men were real men. Today's hot shot QB's coming out of college are emasculated pampered prisses. To win a Super Bowl these days you need a blue collar menatlity and a virtual unknown. (not always but for the most part)
Don't know where all this is coming from - doesn't make much sense to me. Wasn't Rothlisberger a first round pick too? EDIT: Answered my own question - Roethlisberger was taken 11th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft.
Yes he was but look at my quote it says "not always but for the most part". Big Ben is a tough son of a bitch. Eli Manning is not.
However most of those SBs are before the salary cap era so the teams were able to keep all their players for years and build until they have the talent capable to get there, it ain't that easy anymore
really?!? please explain why someone can't be flashy and have a great work ethic. this might be the most ridiculous statement I have read on this site. congrats.
that should tell you something... Drafting a QB in the first round to win a SB has about the same odds as me or you hitting the lottery (exagerated yes... but put it in context). Including Roethlesburger in that list, 6 Men have one 12 of the 36 Super Bowls played since like 1975 that were actually first round draft picks... while countless others were busts, and yet others great QB's who couldn't win it... A first roiund QB means nothing in the scheme of things and guarantees nothing.. Ellis
We've already established that Namath was great and yes flashy. Again times were different. Namath was from a blue collar town of Beaver Falls, PA. His work ethic was branded at a young age. For you to show me a pic of Joe Willie proves 2 things: 1. The last flashy QB with success, in your opinion was Namath. 2. I am right
Dude, you said who wants a flashy QB and Namath immediately came to mind. Put your jump to conclusions mat back in the closet.
While it's not always true, I think that later round QBs have a less about me attitude and more team oriented. If they work in the system you are setting up, then it's not an issue to draft.
IMO you dont need a hall of famer qb to win a superbowl. All u need is an excellent defense and an offense that can hold on to the ball and a qb that won't make mistakes *cough* eli manning *cough*
