To Malik Willis or to not Malik Willis?

[StickyBun]

Will that be the question in this upcoming Draft for the Minnesota Vikings?

[Guest]

Three games this year with 3 interceptions and only 61% completion. I'll say no

[Guest]

Is he a better prospect than Mond?

[Guest]

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

[Guest]

@StickyBun said:

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

So we passed on getting a near sure thing at QB this past draft and get Mond. When some of us disagreed with that move we were told:

1. Mond was high on our board (as they say)
2. We value draft picks (reason we did not trade up for Fields)
3. A QB will not help as long as we have Cousins. That a rookie will not beat him. (Reasons we did not take Jones when we had a chance ) 
4. We have bigger holes to fill. A qb without an Oline is not wirth it. Our oline still sucks and we still need to draft OL help.
5. We are in win now mode or close to play off and a rookie QB does not help (we are barely hanging onto the last playoff spot with a 7-7 record)
6. Mond can sit back and develop without pressure. Are we giving up already? Yet the qbs we could have had are both playing and doing well)

And now we are talking about drafting another QB because he is better than Mond?
What happened to all the reasons above?
The funny thing about all this is that with our current record and his current projection we may have to trade up to draft him

[Guest]

@mblack said:

@StickyBun said:

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

So we passed on getting a near sure thing at QB this past draft and get Mond. When some of us disagreed with that move we were told:

1. Mond was high on our board (as they say)
2. We value draft picks (reason we did not trade up for Fields)
3. A QB will not help as long as we have Cousins. That a rookie will not beat him. (Reasons we did not take Jones when we had a chance ) 
4. We have bigger holes to fill. A qb without an Oline is not wirth it. Our oline still sucks and we still need to draft OL help.
5. We are in win now mode or close to play off and a rookie QB does not help (we are barely hanging onto the last playoff spot with a 7-7 record)
6. Mond can sit back and develop without pressure. Are we giving up already? Yet the qbs we could have had are both playing and doing well)

And now we are talking about drafting another QB because he is better than Mond?
What happened to all the reasons above? 

Who was the sure thing? 

[Guest]

@MaroonBells said:

@mblack said:

@StickyBun said:

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

So we passed on getting a near sure thing at QB this past draft and get Mond. When some of us disagreed with that move we were told:

1. Mond was high on our board (as they say)
2. We value draft picks (reason we did not trade up for Fields)
3. A QB will not help as long as we have Cousins. That a rookie will not beat him. (Reasons we did not take Jones when we had a chance ) 
4. We have bigger holes to fill. A qb without an Oline is not wirth it. Our oline still sucks and we still need to draft OL help.
5. We are in win now mode or close to play off and a rookie QB does not help (we are barely hanging onto the last playoff spot with a 7-7 record)
6. Mond can sit back and develop without pressure. Are we giving up already? Yet the qbs we could have had are both playing and doing well)

And now we are talking about drafting another QB because he is better than Mond?
What happened to all the reasons above? 

Who was the sure thing? 

Near sure thing…Mac Jones.

[Guest]

@mblack said:

@MaroonBells said:

@mblack said:

@StickyBun said:

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

So we passed on getting a near sure thing at QB this past draft and get Mond. When some of us disagreed with that move we were told:

1. Mond was high on our board (as they say)
2. We value draft picks (reason we did not trade up for Fields)
3. A QB will not help as long as we have Cousins. That a rookie will not beat him. (Reasons we did not take Jones when we had a chance ) 
4. We have bigger holes to fill. A qb without an Oline is not wirth it. Our oline still sucks and we still need to draft OL help.
5. We are in win now mode or close to play off and a rookie QB does not help (we are barely hanging onto the last playoff spot with a 7-7 record)
6. Mond can sit back and develop without pressure. Are we giving up already? Yet the qbs we could have had are both playing and doing well)

And now we are talking about drafting another QB because he is better than Mond?
What happened to all the reasons above? 

Who was the sure thing? 

Near sure thing…Mac Jones.

Hall of Famer already?

[Guest]

@StickyBun said:

@mblack said:

@MaroonBells said:

@mblack said:

@StickyBun said:

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

So we passed on getting a near sure thing at QB this past draft and get Mond. When some of us disagreed with that move we were told:

1. Mond was high on our board (as they say)
2. We value draft picks (reason we did not trade up for Fields)
3. A QB will not help as long as we have Cousins. That a rookie will not beat him. (Reasons we did not take Jones when we had a chance ) 
4. We have bigger holes to fill. A qb without an Oline is not wirth it. Our oline still sucks and we still need to draft OL help.
5. We are in win now mode or close to play off and a rookie QB does not help (we are barely hanging onto the last playoff spot with a 7-7 record)
6. Mond can sit back and develop without pressure. Are we giving up already? Yet the qbs we could have had are both playing and doing well)

And now we are talking about drafting another QB because he is better than Mond?
What happened to all the reasons above? 

Who was the sure thing? 

Near sure thing…Mac Jones.

Hall of Famer already?

Not quite but glad you think he should be considered.

[Guest]

@mblack said:

@MaroonBells said:

@mblack said:

@StickyBun said:

@Knucklehead said:
Is he a better prospect than Mond?

Much better. But he's raw and inconsistent. Former Clemson or Auburn recruit with dynamic playmaking abilities. Electric. 

So we passed on getting a near sure thing at QB this past draft and get Mond. When some of us disagreed with that move we were told:

1. Mond was high on our board (as they say)
2. We value draft picks (reason we did not trade up for Fields)
3. A QB will not help as long as we have Cousins. That a rookie will not beat him. (Reasons we did not take Jones when we had a chance ) 
4. We have bigger holes to fill. A qb without an Oline is not wirth it. Our oline still sucks and we still need to draft OL help.
5. We are in win now mode or close to play off and a rookie QB does not help (we are barely hanging onto the last playoff spot with a 7-7 record)
6. Mond can sit back and develop without pressure. Are we giving up already? Yet the qbs we could have had are both playing and doing well)

And now we are talking about drafting another QB because he is better than Mond?
What happened to all the reasons above? 

Who was the sure thing? 

Near sure thing…Mac Jones.

No sure thing. Limited long-term upside, but Jones was definitely the QB who was most likely to play well early. He's been exactly who everyone thought he'd be. But let's not pretend this is Dan Marino. 

18 TDs, 10 INTs. For comparison Kirk Cousins has 29 TDs and 6 INTs right now. Jones season is roughly equal to Marcus Mariota's rookie year. RGIII and Jameis Winston had better rookie seasons. 

We'll see what Jones develops into, but knowing what I know now, I don't think I'd change anything about our draft. Jones would not have played a snap in Minnesota and Darrisaw looks like a 10-year LT.