I don’t get the universal love affair with the Eagles’ moving the mountain of Sinai to draft a potential franchise QB.
Meanwhile, this team is lacking in offensive speed and defensive explosion talent.
Yeah, you heard me right—we’ve got problems and deficiencies in River City.
And very few of them relate to the QB position.
We are a slow team in modern terms. Our position players on offense are plodding at best in comparison to the rest of the league. Gaining separation for our receiver guys is a matter of inches, and it doesn’t last long. Our current crop of running backs is slow, too.
On defense, we are slowfooted as well. You can point to a few highlights on film but the overall reality is we clog up the slow lane on defense. We rarely define the fast lane.
I get the whole “we need to develop a franchise QB “thing— but at what cost? Do we completely ignore the need to improve the overall speed and explosiveness of the team by putting all our draft eggs in one QB basket? It seems by setting our laser sights on a young developmental QB we have lost sight of the need to draft speed-driven athletic talent needed to make the world spin properly around him.
This is what peeves me the most about going all hell-on-wheels after a rookie QB in the draft in the 1st round—you’re spending a huge resource on a guy who can’t possibly add an iota of speed or explosiveness to your offense in the course of the upcoming season.
I’d rather see that 1st round pick invested in a fast-footed DB, WR or RB.
Speed kills in the NFL. We already had an apparently stable QB-combo in Bradford and Daniels ready to take the stage. What dream-weaver concept took them out of that comfort zone and completely denied both guys an upgrade in supporting cast in terms of speed an explosiveness?
Good work by Howie to move heaven and earth to shed some dumb FA contracts and sign some pragmatic guys. But to lose sight of the opportunity to draft team speed and explosiveness at the expense of a long-shot reach for a franchise quarterback in a 1st-round carnival is somewhat arrogant… perhaps frivolous…certainly daring…but I think the pick could be better spent.
I would prefer spending it on a guy who is fast and explosive and who will have a Pro Bowl impact within the next two years. I don’t see that formula applying at all to the QB’s du jour like Goff and Wentz.
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