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Our 3rd for Kolb?

Highlandfire

By Highlandfire,
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To the "but he's better than Clausen" crowd, here's the issue.

You sign a free agent guy like Volek, Bulger or someone else, and they don't pan out, you lose nothing but a roster spot.

You give up something in trade for a guy like Kolb or you use the #1 pick on a guy like Locker, Newton or Gabbert and they don't pan out, then you gave up the roster spot plus the pick you used in the draft or trade that could have gone somewhere else.

And as mentioned elsewhere, when you need a backup plan for a question mark, you don't use another question mark. The safer choice is the free agent route. No, you won't get a franchise guy that way, but you're not getting a franchise guy the other way either.

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I'm becoming more and more of a fan of trading down and trying to get Cam Newton. I have done a complete 180 on this (wasn't a fan). But the more I think about it the more I think about his poential to be a combination of Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Vick. We would definitely have to let him sit for at least a year but if we could give him time to learn an offene tailored to what he does best....he sky is the limit for that kid.

Trade down and draft Newton...the guy is going to be the next great QB. Draft Newton and spend the rest of the draft trying to find some DT help.

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Bring in someone to mentor Clausen and Pike (as should have been done last year) and see what they can do. If they suck, then we go after Luck next year.

This team still has tons of voids to be filled due to the veteran purge of last offseason. I say address all the issues you can this year, see what happens with a better coached group of young QB's operating with a solid vet (Bulger, Volek).

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he's on pace to be the next billy volek. overrated QB who didn't like competition and asked to be traded when he wasn't flat out given the job. he'll be a back up on some team for years and there will be fans of some teams clamouring for him to come in as the starter because they remember that one season that he didn't suck years ago so that means he should be good there.

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To the "but he's better than Clausen" crowd, here's the issue.

You sign a free agent guy like Volek, Bulger or someone else, and they don't pan out, you lose nothing but a roster spot.

You give up something in trade for a guy like Kolb or you use the #1 pick on a guy like Locker, Newton or Gabbert and they don't pan out, then you gave up the roster spot plus the pick you used in the draft or trade that could have gone somewhere else.

And as mentioned elsewhere, when you need a backup plan for a question mark, you don't use another question mark. The safer choice is the free agent route. No, you won't get a franchise guy that way, but you're not getting a franchise guy the other way either.

your living fantasy...you do not know that... you have a much greater percentage to get a franchise qb in the draft. Me thinking that cam or any other qb can be a franchise qb (which i assume you disagree with) holds the same weight as you thinking those qb wont be franchise qb... we dont know.

Pick cam get a fa qb... just wanted to put this out there nick F. isnt even the number 1 DT... according to mayock.

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