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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 873246" data-attributes="member: 7261">Yes, in a bubble that is how you hope it turns out.  Meanwhile, what do you give up by using that first round pick (and a 4th) this season on a player that barring injury to #12 sits on the bench for at least 2 years?  While I readily admit, there was not one player that you get @ #26 that instantly fixes all of the Packers weaknesses, you are getting zero immediate help with Love.  Contrarily, if you find a starter there, at a position of need, you are much closer to fixing your needs.  Love doesn't fix anything for at least the next 2 seasons.  IMO, the odds are probably higher for Patrick Queen to have an immediate impact and at some point if Love does start playing, his odds slowly increase for having a higher impact than Queen after 4 or so years.  No guarantees with either player though.I know what you are saying, if you invest a small chunk of your draft capital now, it could potentially pay big dividends down the road or in the case of a backup QB, pay nothing.  If we were an 8-8 team and a few years out, I would have less of an issue with that strategy.  Much harder to swallow when you are coming off a 13-3 season, one win away from the Super Bowl and your GM literally uses 4 of his first picks on 3 players that will most likely be backups in 2020 and potentially longer.</blockquote>

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