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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
BPA at a position of need? Mark Sanchez fits the bill. QB is arguably the biggest position of need on our team.
People keep saying that Jason Campbell has consistenly improved; that if he gets a better O-line, more consistent play from his receivers, more time in a system, more explosive play from the running back position, more this, more that... that he'll become a solid NFL QB. Well, if you gave every 2nd and 3rd string QB in the NFL all of that, they'd probably be "solid" QBs as well. Some things are stronger than others, but theres not a single team in the NFL that doesnt have multiple needs.
The truth is, no QB gets the "perfect" environment. People keep saying over and over again that Tom Brady would be horrible on this team, behind this line and with these receivers, but that's the biggest load of crap i've ever heard. Tom Brady makes good decisions. Tom Brady knows when to throw the football. Tom Brady knows when to take a chance. Tom Brady looks deep and makes it through his reads... you get my drift. If Tom Brady came here, he might take a few more sacks; he might not get quite as many yards or completions, but he would still be Tom Brady and he would still be one of the top 3 QBs in the league The truth is, guys like Tom Brady don't rely on everything around them being just right... guys like Tom Brady have "the intangibles." Guys like Tom Brady INSPIRE everyone around them. Guys like Tom Brady MAKE everyone around them better.
If you took a poll of the 31 teams in the NFL not named the New England Patriots - the 31 teams that passed on him atleast 5 times, and you asked them if they could go back and do the 2000 draft over again, atleast 30 of them would take Tom Brady with their 1st pick - regardless of what other "needs" they felt were more pressing at the time. Why? Because they know what a guy like Tom Brady can do. They know that a QB is the most important position in all of sports - and when you get a guy like that, you can build an entire team around him and have long-success. Mark Sanchez is that kind of player.
If the Skins dont get Sanchez, they will be looking for a new coach AND a new quarterback in 2010 anyways, because they felt some other need was more pressing. Some people may not feel QB is the teams most pressing need in 2009, but if you can look beyond the season as many people have criticized the FO for failing to do in the past, you will understand why QB IS a pressing need for this team.
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BHA, your disdain for Campbell is clearly evident and we get that. To say that QB is our biggest position of need is just flat out wrong. If that were the case, we would have pushed for any viable QB 'improvement' out there. We would have been in on Rosenfels, we would have been in on Cassell, we would have been in sooner on Cutler. I honestly believe that if Cutler hadn't have been available we wouldn't be on Sanchez now. Danny didn't get what he wanted in Cutler, now he's been tantalized by the taste of a flashy QB and he sees a QB (marquee position) from USC (marquee program) and he's got the starry eyes.
At this point, I almost want Campbell to go somewhere else and blossom into a star just to prove how ridiculous and impatient our fan base and ownership are. Some people think Campbell has peaked, I think he's far from his peak. I keep drawing the correlation between his first couple of years and Drew Brees first couple of years, very similar on the field and off. I'd hate to have that kind of production being racked up elsewhere down the road but it would serve us right.