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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi
Trade picks to move to the top of the 2nd and take the best QB then. I'd prefer to draft BPA in the first and Mahomes in the 2nd if he's there.
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Why?
If you're going to take a QB at the top of the 2nd, just take him at the back of the 1st instead when you'll get a 5th year of team control.
That 5th year option could be a $20 million asset if the QB hits. There's nobody in organized sports who's pay is more overrvalued by virtue of his position only than the quarterback on an NFL team. If you're going to burn picks to move up in the 2nd to grab a QB, you'd be far better served to just take said QB at 27, especially if you know you'll have to sit that guy for 1 or even 2 years.
Take a QB in the second round, sit him for 2 years, get a rocky 2019 with him as a starter and then what happens if he plays well in 2020? You're looking at a Foles situation where you can't tell if you have fools gold and really want to extend the guy. Meanwhile, if you took him in the 1st, you'd get 2021 as a 5th year option, you can pick it up and then either use that as leverage to negotiate a better extension or just provide more insurance to make sure you have what you think you have.
Ask the Raiders if they wish they'd have traded into the back of the 1st to take Carr - they'll tell you hindsight says they should've done it in a heartbeat. Now they're looking at Carr being a UFA in 2018 and they'll either get to spend a shitload this offseason to keep him or have to franchise him a year sooner.