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Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis
A logically invalid argument means that if the premises of the argument are true, the conclusion is not necessarily true.
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Now, the question I posed that started this was "So the Jets shouldn't have taken Ferguson?".
Before that, you pose a questionnaire that strongly hints at taking a QB at whatever cost if he is a highly rated prospect since you kept on asking which franchises were really set back by taking a bust QB in the first round, obviously trying to hint that it's not really a big deal drafting a bust QB, even though the opportunity costs(the highest alternative of a mutually exclusive choice forgone) were players that have had more success than the QBs(i.e Peppers, Calvin Johnson, Ronnie Brown). The premise was something like "the "attempt" was "worth it" to address the most important position on offense".
If this is the case, assuming the Jets do not have the benefit of hindsight, and the Jets execute this "script", then they would have draft Leinart.
Now, it's "pick BPA and don't reach for a QB if you don't have him rated the BPA". Well, in this case, the Jets are obviously picking Ferguson due to their draft boards.
So, which is it? Should the Jets have taken a flier on Leinart in accordance to the script hinted at by your initial questionnaire and not suffer from any really significant consequences for attempting to address QB or did they dodge a huge bullet by deciding to address OL after a 4-12 season the year prior?
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1. Buster said David Carr is a good example of taking a QB before addressing the offensive line.
2. I asked if Mike Williams should have been taken instead.
3. You brought up Ferguson.
4. I said that was a bad example because there was no comparable quarterback rated as high as Ferguson.
5. Dirtbag said Leinart was the better prospect.
6. I cite Polian's commentary as to why that is probably not true.
7. After much-ado about what Polian meant, you finally say that Leinart is rated lower than Ferguson, which confirms what I said at point #4.
That's all there is to it. I can't help if you are having a disconnect and having one of your "Brees in a deep QB class" moments.