How often is the 1st QB taken the best?

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  1. legler82

    legler82 Well-Known Member

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    Shouldn’t we be asking how often the 2nd QB taken is the best?
     
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    legler82 Well-Known Member

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    Yep, clearly it shows NFL GMs don’t know anymore than the rest of us.
     
  3. CotcheryFan

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    McNabb in 1999 comes to mind.
     
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    JetFan20 Well-Known Member

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    You could do this exercise with every position and come to the same conclusion.
     
  5. GasedAndConfused

    GasedAndConfused Well-Known Member

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    the whole point is that the draft is a crapshoot and just becuase tlaw is a "generational talent" and we didn't get the top pick doens't mean that tlaw will be best. it could just as easy be wilson, fileds, jones, lance, hell even trask. we won't know for 3ish years. and before anyone laughs at trask I only bring it up because players like kirk cousins (4th round) dak prescott (4th round) russel wilson (3rd round) and of course tom brady (6th round) outperformed the QBs taken before them
     
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  6. James Hasty

    James Hasty Well-Known Member

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    Drafting a QB is a crapshoot to be sure but at other positions not so much.

    The biggest, strongest, and fastest players tend to go earlier in the draft and those traits are great indicators of success for receivers, corners, pass rushers, and most certainly offensive linemen.
     
  7. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    Is this not a completely backwards way to look at it while trying to make it statistical?

    You're using a pool of 14 quarterbacks versus the field of how many? Where's @HomeoftheJets
     

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