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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 875238" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>I felt more this way when it came to Rashad Gary at #12 last year, than I do with Love at #26. In Gutes defense, at the time Gary was drafted, nobody was sure how the Smith Brothers would play and Gute probably felt Gary was a solid pick at a premium position, so I kind of got it, but I still didn't like it. Especially given the investment in the Smith Bros. and now that we have seen all 3 play, well, enough said, that is hind sight.</p><p></p><p>QB is a whole other animal IMO, especially when your starter is nearing the end of his career. Finding a premier QB is no easy task and for a team like the Packers that in the last ten years have had an average selection spot at 26th in every round, even more difficult. How many teams have we watched in the last "Favre/Rodgers Era" take swing after swing at the position and still come up empty?</p><p></p><p>So my question to those who think it was too early for Love, when do you think the Packers would have had a better, equal or worse chance at finding a starting QB? How much time does that afford them if the first try is a failure? What picks will be required in that draft to get their guy?</p><p></p><p>Oh, one other thing, that pick(s) that they would have had to spend on a QB in the coming years will now be free to be used to improve the team. So really, just view this as using a #30 and #136 on a QB in 2020 instead of in a later year. Next year we can spend our first rounder on another position to either improve the team in 2021 or beyond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 875238, member: 7261"] I felt more this way when it came to Rashad Gary at #12 last year, than I do with Love at #26. In Gutes defense, at the time Gary was drafted, nobody was sure how the Smith Brothers would play and Gute probably felt Gary was a solid pick at a premium position, so I kind of got it, but I still didn't like it. Especially given the investment in the Smith Bros. and now that we have seen all 3 play, well, enough said, that is hind sight. QB is a whole other animal IMO, especially when your starter is nearing the end of his career. Finding a premier QB is no easy task and for a team like the Packers that in the last ten years have had an average selection spot at 26th in every round, even more difficult. How many teams have we watched in the last "Favre/Rodgers Era" take swing after swing at the position and still come up empty? So my question to those who think it was too early for Love, when do you think the Packers would have had a better, equal or worse chance at finding a starting QB? How much time does that afford them if the first try is a failure? What picks will be required in that draft to get their guy? Oh, one other thing, that pick(s) that they would have had to spend on a QB in the coming years will now be free to be used to improve the team. So really, just view this as using a #30 and #136 on a QB in 2020 instead of in a later year. Next year we can spend our first rounder on another position to either improve the team in 2021 or beyond. [/QUOTE]
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