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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 727312"><p>That's a bizarre argument. If you don't have a franchise QB, this is <strong><em>exactly</em></strong> what you need to do. You try to get to the playoffs with defense, a run game and a game manager, then see what happens.</p><p></p><p>It's not like there's a<strong><em> choice</em></strong> between having a franchise QB and not. Everybody wants one, and will deal with the consequences of the eventual cap-sucking contract if they can find one. But they are not hanging off trees free for the picking.</p><p></p><p>Trying to get a franchise QB in free agency simply does not work out. Teams do not let those guys go. There may be the illusion that an experienced QB might be that guy in a different system, a change of scenery, but it just doesn't work out that way. RGIII, Osweiler, etc., etc., etc. Heck, it costs you a first round pick just to get a one year place holder in Bradford under your best case scenario. Or $19 mil guaranteed for Glennon where your best case scenario is he starts for one year and Trubisky takes over in 2018. </p><p></p><p>Getting a franchise QB is reduced to two options:</p><p></p><p>1) You keep drafting QBs until you find one that works. Maybe Mahomes proves he's that guy in KC if he starts next year or the year after. Then you have your guy on a cheap rookie deal for 2 or 3 years. Maybe KC will like him enough after this season to dump Smith, pick up $17 mil in cap savings, and roll on.</p><p></p><p>That's how Seattle got to 2 Super Bowls: paying the QB and 3 other Pro Bowlers to boot a collective $4 million under rookie deals. When that collective number jumped to $40+ mil the job has gotten harder. Dallas has what looks like their franchise guy, though that needs to be confirmed with a follow-up season. 3 more years under a cheap deal leaves a lot of cap to do other things.</p><p></p><p>2) The other possibility is you roll the dice on a backup who has not played much, the Matt Flynn / Tyrod Taylor / Jimmy Garoppolo (maybe) scenario, where the guy's 4 year rookie deal plays out, the franchise QB is still in place, and somebody takes a shot at the guy in free agency. These guys don't get paid a boatload either, and their getting to franchise status is as much a crap shoot as drafting a QB in the first round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 727312"] That's a bizarre argument. If you don't have a franchise QB, this is [B][I]exactly[/I][/B] what you need to do. You try to get to the playoffs with defense, a run game and a game manager, then see what happens. It's not like there's a[B][I] choice[/I][/B] between having a franchise QB and not. Everybody wants one, and will deal with the consequences of the eventual cap-sucking contract if they can find one. But they are not hanging off trees free for the picking. Trying to get a franchise QB in free agency simply does not work out. Teams do not let those guys go. There may be the illusion that an experienced QB might be that guy in a different system, a change of scenery, but it just doesn't work out that way. RGIII, Osweiler, etc., etc., etc. Heck, it costs you a first round pick just to get a one year place holder in Bradford under your best case scenario. Or $19 mil guaranteed for Glennon where your best case scenario is he starts for one year and Trubisky takes over in 2018. Getting a franchise QB is reduced to two options: 1) You keep drafting QBs until you find one that works. Maybe Mahomes proves he's that guy in KC if he starts next year or the year after. Then you have your guy on a cheap rookie deal for 2 or 3 years. Maybe KC will like him enough after this season to dump Smith, pick up $17 mil in cap savings, and roll on. That's how Seattle got to 2 Super Bowls: paying the QB and 3 other Pro Bowlers to boot a collective $4 million under rookie deals. When that collective number jumped to $40+ mil the job has gotten harder. Dallas has what looks like their franchise guy, though that needs to be confirmed with a follow-up season. 3 more years under a cheap deal leaves a lot of cap to do other things. 2) The other possibility is you roll the dice on a backup who has not played much, the Matt Flynn / Tyrod Taylor / Jimmy Garoppolo (maybe) scenario, where the guy's 4 year rookie deal plays out, the franchise QB is still in place, and somebody takes a shot at the guy in free agency. These guys don't get paid a boatload either, and their getting to franchise status is as much a crap shoot as drafting a QB in the first round. [/QUOTE]
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