Drafting a QB in Rd1

[SeaWolv]

I would agree with the 2025 Draft class for QBs is underwhelming IMO that was a big reason the previous class was over valuing QBs, the 2026 class looks to be pretty good

If I am a GM looking for a QB for 2025 it is a quick 1 year fix that doesn’t go south too bad

The league is QB driven and will always overvalue QBs.

If you’re a GM you’re not likely to be in a position to draft a QB in either draft that’s going to help your franchise.

 

[JayhawkMike]

In my opinion IF you don't draft or trade for a young QBOTF you are telling fans you just don’t give a crap about next season. A new QB might take a year to acclimate so if next year it’s Geno (mediocre) THEN it’s year one of a young QB (bad to mediocre). So two more years of not really being a post season threat.

I was unhappy they didn’t get the QBOTF for THIS year to get the experience under their belt. Stupid move. We might have done worse this year but we would have played in the same amount of playoff games.

 

[Subzero717]

Shadeur is legit. I doubt he makes it out of the top 5 though, and I don't think we have enough to make that kind of move up.

Not saying they're are correct but no major evaluators have a 1st rd grade on him or any of the QB's this year. I tend to agree.

 

[Subzero717]

In my opinion IF you don't draft or trade for a young QBOTF you are telling fans you just don’t give a crap about next season. A new QB might take a year to acclimate so if next year it’s Geno (mediocre) THEN it’s year one of a young QB (bad to mediocre). So two more years of not really being a post season threat.

I was unhappy they didn’t get the QBOTF for THIS year to get the experience under their belt. Stupid move. We might have done worse this year but we would have played in the same amount of playoff games.

You have to look at projections. You can't simply draft a QB in round 1 because you need one. That goes for any position. Drafting for need is one of the quickest ways to become irrelevant.

 

[Spin Doctor]

The QB situation is not going to change next season. It is likely going to be Geno and Howell once again, no new additions to the QB room. The only scenario I could see changing this is a potential Geno Smith hold out.

I say this because Smith has been fishing for a new contract. I've heard him mention it several times in the offseason and during this season. This is where things get could get really interesting. If this does happen it'll be interesting to see what Schneider does. It'll tell us all we need to know about how he views the QB situation.

 

[Subzero717]

The QB situation is not going to change next season. It is likely going to be Geno and Howell once again, no new additions to the QB room. The only scenario I could see changing this is a potential Geno Smith hold out.

I say this because Smith has been fishing for a new contract. I've heard him mention it several times in the offseason and during this season. This is where things get could get really interesting. If this does happen it'll be interesting to see what Schneider does. It'll tell us all we need to know about how he views the QB situation.

I don't know what we will do, but that leaves both QBs on the roster entering the final years of their respective contracts.

 

[Spin Doctor]

Unless Geno holds out I don't think we're drafting, or signing anyone. I think that Schneider is content to kick the can down the road as long as he can. He hasn't put much urgency at even having a developmental QB at backup -- even with Russell Wilson showing discontent for what was a few years. His MO for dealing with QB situations seems to be trades above all else. Lock, Howell, Charlie Whitehurst, all young QB's that we scraped off the bargain bin. Our answer was a mid round draft pick that happened to play at an extremely high level and a relatively cheap FA that had one good game (Flynn).

We've never seen Schneider take a bold move to acquire a QB. He seems to like bargain shopping to fill this position. He's thrown a bunch of mid draft picks and maybe some FA bucks at guys like Flynn in trades.

 

[chris98251]

The sustainability of drafting a high pick QB when you do hit on one is a short window, you need a team around any QB to be successful, building the team as in defense and O line and running game is almost cheaper than one big name QB, Look at Jets and then look at the Vikings with Donald, I think our defense is close, we need to resign our playmaker Free Agents, add some depth, and then find O line guys, I would not care if we used the whole draft on them to find 5 guys along with our current crop that can play together and not go to the IR half a season out of the gate.

At least we could have foundation for when we do get our next QB, we also need a 240 pound plus back that can push the pile and punish tacklers if Mac truly wants a balanced attack, be needs to get short yardage first downs consistently.

 

[Rat]

Not saying they're are correct but no major evaluators have a 1st rd grade on him or any of the QB's this year. I tend to agree.

Who are any of these evaluators who don't have a first round grade on any of them? I'm not saying youre wrong, I had just not seen them projected outside the top half of the first round anywhere and didn't hear anything like what you're saying until some vague report yesterday. I just googled projections for them and none of the top three results reflected that.

 

[SeaWolv]

Unless Geno holds out I don't think we're drafting, or signing anyone. I think that Schneider is content to kick the can down the road as long as he can. He hasn't put much urgency at even having a developmental QB at backup -- even with Russell Wilson showing discontent for what was a few years. His MO for dealing with QB situations seems to be trades above all else. Lock, Howell, Charlie Whitehurst, all young QB's that we scraped off the bargain bin. Our answer was a mid round draft pick that happened to play at an extremely high level and a relatively cheap FA that had one good game (Flynn).

We've never seen Schneider take a bold move to acquire a QB. He seems to like bargain shopping to fill this position. He's thrown a bunch of mid draft picks and maybe some FA bucks at guys like Flynn in trades.

It's still difficult to say for sure that everything that has happened in the past with regard to the QB room was all on JS. PC had veto power so it's hard to know what JS will do. I think we learn a lot about JS with last year's Draft/FA and 2025 to really have enough data points to get a read on JS unfettered.

 

[hawker84]

It's not going to happen.