The Too Soon 2022 NFL Draft Thread

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by EdmundDorf

Regardless of Snyder, what evidence is there that this front office, including Ron, has a track record of drafting/developing good quarterbacks? If all you have to go on is Cam Newton and Matthew Stafford, that is pretty thin. We don't have the first pick in the draft and neither of those guys has done anything to speak of on a consistent basis anyway. Picking the number one consensus quarterback with the first pick doesn't take much football IQ, quite the opposite when you look at the results over the years.

That's a fine argument, but conversely, what evidence is there that this front office, including Ron, is incapable of drafting/developing good quarterbacks? Cam Newton and Matthew Stafford is all we have to go on. There are plenty of examples of number one consensus quarterbacks failing in the NFL. The only two we have to go on did not fail.

Here in Washington they inherited Smith coming off a devastating injury, and Haskins who was a lost cause. They got rid of Haskins in year 1, something maybe a lot of Coaches/Front Offices might not have done so quickly - who knows. Smith retired. They have yet to draft a QB for development here. They attempted to bring in a capable Veteran as a stop gap this year, and he was hurt in the first quarter of the first game. Allen is a backup, Heinicke is a backup, and are only playing because Fitz got hurt.

The 2021 plan didn't work - I'll give you that. Does that make it a bad plan? Not in my opinion since the main contributor to the plan failing was the unexpected injury to Fitz. Since they did make a play for Stafford, and were rumored to be in discussions with regard to other quality Veteran QBs, you can't say they didn't try to go that route. So the last thing is maybe they should have drafted a QB. Well, none of the QBs drafted in 2021 are exactly lighting up the league right now. Maybe they weren't enamored with any of the 2021 draft options at QB - especially considering the cost to move up to get them.

The team needs a QB - there is no debating that. I do think they have tried to do something about that, but have perhaps been unwilling to pony up what it is going to cost to get one. Maybe this year has done enough to convince them otherwise. We will see this offseason. But I don't think there is any evidence to suggest that this front office, including Ron, is incapable of drafting/developing good quarterbacks.