Mr. Scot

Look at who wins in the playoffs on an annual basis. Intelligence is important. Passing accuracy is vital. Processing speed is crucial. Arm strength is negotiable. Running ability is nice to have but basic pocket mobility is all you really need.

I'm just giving the profile. Individual abilities still vary. Tom Brady and Tim Couch technically have the same playing style but one is just a little better player than the other. I don't want a quarterback in this draft.

I know everybody loves the guys with the crazy physical tools. And every year I hear people say things like "oh, we can teach them the other stuff". And likewise, every year I watch some team realize it's not working. People have been predicting the physical style quarterbacks were going to "change the league" ever since Michael Vick. It still hasn't happened, and barring some major rule changes I don't believe it's going to. Give me an accurate passer with intelligence and the ability to process quickly every time. If they also have physical tools that's cool but you don't really need those to win.

Remember last year we were talking about the crazy huge cap space we were gonna have this year?

Still not exactly a huge amount...

I'd agree And yeah, generally speaking, Walter Football is full of sh-t.

I don't buy the "except Brian Burns" part. I think they'd trade him too for the right price.

More to the point though, it only matters what the team thinks of it, not us.

Let me put it this way... If your primary goal is to generate some short-term excitement, you're not particularly concerned about building for the future and you want to potentially give David Tepper a reason to keep Matt Rhule around for a little longer, then yes this is a great idea. Otherwise, not so much.

Solid football moves aren't necessarily exciting. And moves that are done for "excitement" more often than not turn out to be bad football moves. Prime example: David Tepper was looking for "big splash / get everybody excited" energy when he hired Matt Rhule. How'd that work out?

To be perfectly clear, "excitement" doesn't mean sh-t to me. Win consistently, even if it looks boring. Then we can talk.

Last season, the signing got people excited. The actual results left them disappointed. I could see this following the same path.

All coaches do that to some level, but some are better at it than others. Payton used primarily WCO concepts in his play design. His particular spin included a lot of natural picks. They concentrated on consistency more so than big plays, and he found the perfect quarterback to run it.

Newton was a far superior college player to Willis, and against much better competition.

Agreed on all points

I can't believe you pulled that image out

I said before that I think it's kinda silly we've spent all this time mocking Rhule for being worried about Christensen and Slater's arm length only to turn around and now be all caught up in Pickett's hand size. To be clear, I don't want us to draft Pickett, but his hand size isn't part of the reason why.

Ranked Mayfield behind Darnold, Rudolph and Rosen? Ouch

It's being hinted that McAdoo wants big road graders. We don't exactly have a lot of guys who fit that profile right now.

I'd like to think that would have started with the head coach.

I think the idea that Newton still has full seasons left in him is a fallacy. The idea that Willis is going to be anything like him might be an even bigger one.

Christensen has short arms. (Rashawn Slater does too)

I'm fully prepared to watch us take a quarterback even if they are.

There's a part of me that's always going to wonder how things would have played out if Tepper had done the right thing and fired Marty first.