Chris Sims works hard looking at tape of all the top QB's in the upcoming draft. I know his opinion is just one guy's opinion, but he's a knowledgeable guy who has had a direct understanding of what the Pats look for when evaluating QB's Listening to his QB pod should be a must for everyone trying to opine on this topic. I think you should also look at post by our own draft gurus like BGS or LD or several others to do their own hard homework for our benefit.
All that being said, let me be the one to ring the bell of PATIENCE.
a. Wilson and Lawrence will go 1-2 in the draft. Take that to the bank. The Jets will either take one or trade the pick to someone, not us. But before you want to race to 7 with a bunch of picks, please remember that Lance, Fields and Jones are ALL one year wonders. And Lance's one year was a full year ago.
Lance and Wilson have a ton of physical attributes, but neither belongs in an NFL game before 2022. So all those assets that you give up won't be seen on the field this season. And as far as Jones goes he's more player ready, but also comes with a slew of warning alarms. 1. He played with 2 NFL ready receivers who will go in the first round. He played with an OL that will ALL be drafted when their time comes. His stats were more than impressive but it did come with a stacked team and down year for the SEC.
How will the Pillsbury doughboy hold up under an NFL pass rush. Is he Tom Brady/Drew Bledsoe tough, or is he Tony Eason soft (a good QB who was beat to death under a bad OL and was never the same.) I wonder if the 23 year old is any more ready PHYSICALLY than Tom was in 2000.
So each of these come with a LOT of questions for us or anyone else who might be thinking of drafting them in the top 10 like a lot of mocks have all 4 going. But what if these other team's GM's are thinking the same thing. I mean think about it. I'd love to end up with Lance, but this is a kid who hasn't played a meaningful game since 2019 and when he did it was in a simplistic offensive system against division 2 or IA competition. His physical talents notwithstanding, isn't Lance the very DEFINITION of a reach in any part of the first round let alone in the top 7.
If they love him (or any of the others) and he's there at 15, I'd be OK with the pick knowing its a HUGE reach. But for now, I'm not willing to give up assets at the top of the draft when the reality of those players are smacking me in my face.
As far as Mond, Mills etc take them in the 2nd or third and I'm OK with that. BTW- Guess what, next year there are going to be 5-7 OTHER QB's to select.
As for me I'm all for staying pat for now and let the draft come to us. If none of our guys are there, then go get Minchew or the like to sit behind Cam I would have loved Trubitsky as a back up, but that ship has sailed (good pick up for Buffalo)