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I feel like it’s a little exaggerated. It’s probably more of having him in on some of the meetings when they are considering staff and which direction they are going. It is a smart decision? No. But I’m afraid the league is heading this way anyway after the Russ/Rodgers issues the past two seasons.

I think he was told he would, but they never did in Houston and that’s why he was upset.

I’m referring to what we would be giving up. Watson also hasn’t played in over a year and will have a lot of mental distractions now. Maybe he will be the same, maybe not.

That would be 2 first round picks on cheap rookie contracts. If Watson could be had for 2 firsts and had a cheap contract then it would be more comparable…

Hey I heard we are interested in Watson. Stay tuned for more info later….

Nah he is going to decide to just stay in Houston with Lovie Smith.

Lol I was just thinking this…

We really didn’t get a long enough look at him to tell. With that said, I wouldn’t let his presence prevent us from drafting an elite one at 6. It’s such a crucial position.

I’m not sure any of them get us a high 1st. A late first is CMC (maybe) and Burns. I would say Moore, but his lack of TDs hurts.

And what elite talent did Burrow have to make him a number one pick? Arm/athletic ability was average and his hands were small. He was simply the best in the NCAA at playing QB. They looked at his numbers and record breaking season and were blown away. Pickett is just that on a smaller level. He didn’t quite hit Burrow’s numbers and of course win the championship. Burrow had a more talented team, but played against more talented defenses. Regardless I feel like this conversation is going to go in circles. You aren’t high on Pickett and I don’t really have any issues with him. As usual you gave brought up good counter points though and I’ve enjoyed the debate!

I was hoping/praying Little could give us something. I was wrong…

It’s not just that one writer. Colin Cowherd https://heavy.com/sports/las-vegas-raiders/derek-carr-baker-mayfield-underrated/amp/ https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/nfl/2021/9/14/22673588/derek-carr-underrated-raiders-nfl-monday-night-football -This one shows him on par with Brady and Ryan from the previous 3 years (when it was written 2021). With less talent around him. Yeah it shows you how dysfunctional his team is. Maybe they will do him a favor and trade him to a talent team like the Lions did with Stafford.

I’m saying you can’t discredit all of Derek Carr’s stats/data because he hasn’t won in the playoffs with a bad team. A QB who people justified as the top in his class couldn’t either so it’s not really a knock on him.

It explains how good he had actually been for a lackluster team. If we get that kind of play out if our QB then it’s absolutely worth a 1st. Like I’ve been saying is 6 overdrafting him? Yes. QBs have and will continue to get overdrafted in this league and rightfully so. It’s the most important position by a long shot.

Stafford had the resume and talent to be number one yet STILL couldn’t win without talent around him. That’s my point. You need talent around your QB to win in the playoffs. Stafford got talent and look what happened.

https://twsn.net/2021/05/derek-carr-is-the-most-underrated-qb-in-the-nfl/amp

Stafford was the number one pick. You have to build a team around QBs. The Raiders haven’t been the best ran team kind of like the Lions…

He hasn’t had much to work with. See Matt Stafford…

I’d be ok with this! Well us getting a LT, not the Sam Darnold part…

Fair point. Peyton Manning definitely comes to mind with the rapid drop off.

You know most sources who leak info won’t be named right? If these journalist name some of these sources they are going to get shunned.

He had a pretty solid season last year. Right there behind Rodgers for MVP, but year he has to have a drop off eventually…

I get that 6 is high for him, but where is he rated 16th? Being a QB is going to get him over-drafted. I’m just saying he is a solid prospect and it won’t be that bad if we over-draft him. Many analysts have him as the top rated QB on this class and we are either going to overpay/trade away assets for another vet QB or draft one. Option B is safer and easier to overcome if he does struggle.

Yeah he outplayed where he was drafted…. You know that’s possible right? Russ and Dak were 3rd, Brady was 6th, Brees was a 2nd. Come on man you are better than that.

Kiper compared him to Derek Carr who IMO is very underrated. He is what attracted McDaniel to the Raiders. Pickett is faster than Carr, but Carr probably has a stronger arm. https://withthefirstpick.com/2021/12/16/nfl-draft-expert-kenny-pickett/amp/