Do we do it? If we end up having a top 5 draft pick and there is a really good QB for the taking, do we draft him or do we fill one of the many other holes this team has? Another question: I don't follow college football players much but is there a potentially future star QB in college that will be going to the NFL next year?
To me there is no one in this draft class that is a cant pass up on, so no, I rather fix this offense of line
The problem with Tannehill, to use a metaphor, is that he's pretty good at checkers but will probably never be the chess player that you want a great NFL QB to be. Ideally could we use an upgrade? Yes, I think so. But this team- massive holes on the OL, significant weaknesses in the secondary and at LB, plus the fact that we have RT under a huge contract- leads me to believe that we'll stick with him, even though he'll never be a maestro like Brees, Brady, Rodgers are and Manning used to be. The ongoing mess with the OL is a joke at this point but it has to be fixed. Tannehill not even being able to audible in season 4 says a ton- he's more of a game manager than game winner. So do you dump RT or fix the massive talent holes on the team? I think the latter, unless some total stud, nearly can't miss QB falls to them on draft day. Not likely, but you never know.
I'd say there is because you can't convince me one has to spend high draft picks to build a good enough OL. Get a good OL coach in there and have enough mid-rounders/FA's on OL and find the best combo. Use the high value picks on skill positions.
Are you insane!! He threw for two TD's and nearly 300 yards. The guy is obviously a franchise QB. He also threw a nice deep ball to Landry. (Fitzpatrick threw better and also had some nice deep balls that has more to do with scheme and coaching than anything)
God damn it, Stills. Props to Landry, for not showing the Quit that eveyone else seems to be showing tons of today. Great job Douglas. Great job, Albert. Great job Fox.
Agree. If you do draft a QB, do you think he'd fare well behind an OL of Dallas Thomas, Billy Turner, Jamil Douglas, with a swing Tackle of Jason Fox? Not likely. Fix the OL next season with viable starters and see how Tannehill does with the improved OL as we know from last season that he can fare well with solid run support even with pourous line. If he fails in 2016 to improve his play, then worry about drafting another STARTING QB and not just competition for 2017. Regardless, the OL must be improved at 2 or 3 positions. YMMV.
2 TDs were in garbage time, yes. PFF recorded 7 drops by the receivers in the game. I only counted 4. They also listed Stills as 1 of the 2 worst receivers of the week. The Parker TD was very sweet though regardless. Jets blitzed 7 and dropped 4. Ajayi had a key block in the backfield to buy an extra 100th of a second and Tannehill delivered the ball to Parker on time. Parker made a fantastic catch and juked both Cromartie and Gilchrist into missing tackles and ran for the TD. Great play all around - even if it was in garbage time. More importantly, it was valuable experience for Parker and helped show why we drafted him. YMMV.
As a rule if you're really not sure about a QB and a guy you adore falls to you then you should probably take him. If that guy for you is Goff or Cook or Lynch, and you're not very sure what you can get out of Tannehill even if you switch systems and improve the OL, etc, and you get a chance to take your guy, you should go that way. Personally I still go to sum-of-parts with Tannehill and I have a hard time giving up on him. I also like, but don't love, most of the QBs in this draft. The guy I'm still on the fence about in terms of loving is Jared Goff. Certain things I adore about him. Certain other things, wish they were better. But that's every year, every QB. There's never a perfect one, not even Luck.