WFT Quarterback Thread - Post SEASON 2021

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JP FINLAY said this is WFT twitter daily on QB Search lmao

You're talking like Alabama is the only tough team in the SEC.

Yes, they'll roll over none-conference opponents easily, but the SEC is no cakewalk. This is why you see so many top draft picks from SEC schools, not just Alabama.

Their schedule this year had no cupcake teams:

Missouri, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Tennessee Georgia, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Florida, Notre Dame and Ohio State.


I'd been repeating the plan of Alex Smith, Mac Jones and Taylor Heinicke being our QBs in 2021.

By the time Smith is finished, Mac should be ready and he would've had the best teacher in the NFL to learn from.

Smith IS finished. Perhaps he hasn't come to terms with it yet, but he's done here..

One day I feel this exact same day then the next day I think he's worth the risk at 19. Going to be interesting to see where he ends up.

I just have a hard time believing he's a top 20 prospect and would be in the top 20 on anyone's draft board. Top 50 maybe.

I just have a hard time believing he's a top 20 prospect and would be in the top 20 on anyone's draft board. Top 50 maybe.

This is how I feel, and I wouldn't have a big problem taking a chance on him in the 2nd round, but I'm not willing to reach for him at #19.

All the mocks do seem to have him going before pick 20 though. It's a supply/demand issue at the most important position. Teams are willing to not pick the best player available, and take a chance on a QB early. It's how we got Chase Young last year. He was the best player in the draft, but Cincinnati desperately needed a QB and selected Burrow.

I'm sure many of you have read this too ... but hell .. Heinicke is going to be the next Kurt Warner (or Matt Flynn) ... we're good to go! (kidding)


https://riggosrag.com/2021/02/12/taylor-heinicke-next-kurt-warner-next-matt-flynn/


Honestly, reading this breakdown, I had no idea Heinicke was roughly the same size as Kurt Warner, with a similar background of "minor league" experience, and team hopping. In my head, I guess I thought of Heinicke as this little dude we scraped off the trash heap to plug in and play because he knew our system. But he's definitely more than that.

And because our front office was responsible in how we signed him, there's really no way he can become the next Matt Flynn.

As the linked piece above also says, this does NOT mean we shouldn't find another QB to bring to the competition. But it does make me feel better about the potential for Taylor Heinicke. He actually may have some potential.

Oh I see. You think he could be like a Ryan Tannehill, the guy that came to Tennessee, replaced Mariota, played with the same players Mariota had, and made that team much better than it was with Mariota as the quarterback. Ok.

Yeah. QBs have strengths, tendencies, and systems that suits them best. Tennessee did not fit Mariota’s skill set as well as Tannehill. See Trubisky. Nagy kept trying to force a round peg in a square hole and when Bill Laser took over play calling he started tailor things to Trubisky’s strengths and he started playing better. So yeah, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. And I appreciate your smug little hussy response by the way. 😉

Yeah. QBs have strengths, tendencies, and systems that suits them best. Tennessee did not fit Mariota’s skill set as well as Tannehill. See Trubisky. Nagy kept trying to force a round peg in a square hole and when Bill Laser took over play calling he started tailor things to Trubisky’s strengths and he started playing better. So yeah, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. And I appreciate your smug little hussy response by the way. 😉

Sorry you look at it that way.

Sorry you look at it that way.

I’m just messing with you man. That’s why I added a fun little emoji face.

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JP FINLAY said this is WFT twitter daily on QB Search lmaoHe's not wrong. Rivera said they're exhausti big all options, and they should. But I don't see them making an overpriced swing at anyone. Stafford made sense, but they got out priced. Like it or not the offseason may very well be much quieter at QB than many expect.

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He's not wrong. Rivera said they're exhausti big all options, and they should. But I don't see them making an overpriced swing at anyone. Stafford made sense, but they got out priced. Like it or not the offseason may very well be much quieter at QB than many expect.

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That wouldn't bother me. We're making progress in building a contender and I like the approach that RR and his staff have taken so far. I'd rather not use up our draft picks or our cap space this year. Also, I am totally against trading an excellent young player as part of a deal for a QB. I wish the talk of trading Montez Sweat would end now. I'm fine with drafting a QB as long as it's not a reach or bringing in a reasonably priced FA QB to compete with the ones we already have on the roster.