What are you willing to give up for your QBOTF?
I think it's hugely important for the future of this franchise that the Vikings somehow land their QBOTF in this draft. With that in mind, here's my investment risk tolerance for each.
Daniels or Maye - Willing to give up 11, 23, ’25 1st and change
McCarthy - Willing to give up 11, 23 and ’25 1st
Penix - At 11, keeping 23
Nix - At 23 (or later), keeping 11
I think my hard limit is 11, 23, 2025 first, and one or two day three picks. Anything beyond that I think would be unwise as I don’t think any team is capable of identifying a winner that accurately and no amount of extra spending will increase your odds of picking a winner enough to overcome what you are spending. That said, I feel significantly better only spending 11 and 23, but by all accounts KOC has locked onto one or two guys and we’ll probably spend a shitload to get that guy, and people will be excited about it because putting the deed of your house on the line is infinitely more exciting than doing the smart thing.
medaille wrote:
I think my hard limit is 11, 23, 2025 first, and one or two day three picks. Anything beyond that I think would be unwise as I don’t think any team is capable of identifying a winner that accurately and no amount of extra spending will increase your odds of picking a winner enough to overcome what you are spending. That said, I feel significantly better only spending 11 and 23, but by all accounts KOC has locked onto one or two guys and we’ll probably spend a shitload to get that guy, and people will be excited about it because putting the deed of your house on the line is infinitely more exciting than doing the smart thing.
We need the laughing post emojis back! This made me chuckle because it's very true. That said I'm all for putting the deed up for Maye. This is all entertainment and dammit, it's exciting! :P
The question in the subject is loaded, because if there were guarantees of long-term excellence...yeah, I'd be all for packaging the two first rounders plus next year's and call it good. Hell, just to have the relative peace from the offseason "QB trade? Picks for QB? QB? Trade? Picks?" every fuggin' year, it'd almost be worth the price.
But...there's no guarantees, and some of us cynical ol' bastards remember the many first-round "gotta haves" that became Ryan Leaf, Tim Couch, Vince Young, Matt Lienart, and so on. Let's face it: Kyler Murray is starting to get that smell about him, Burrow shows signs of inconsistent availability, and even guys like Matt Ryan got to the big game, only to fail...
...none of that can be good enough, right? Yes, I'm among those that lecture about it being a team sport, it's maybe the ultimate team sport...but this leads to my ultimate point:
what are you willing to give for that QB that now WON'T go on OT, DT, CB, etc...?
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
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