so...
a team didn't use the #4 overall pick to draft a QB like Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson...
and instead drafted a RB named Leonard Fournette...
because they wanted to see what they had...
in QB Blake Bortles...
who they drafted #3 overall three years earlier... https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1300408036595503105
a team didn't use the #4 overall pick to draft a QB like Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson...
and instead drafted a RB named Leonard Fournette...
because they wanted to see what they had...
in QB Blake Bortles...
who they drafted #3 overall three years earlier... https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1300408036595503105
To this day it is INDEFENSIBLE to draft Leonard Fournette #4 overall when your QB room consists of ONLY THESE TWO QBs:
• Blake Bortles
• Chad Henne
and Patrick Mahomes & Deshaun Watson are on the board.
• Blake Bortles
• Chad Henne
and Patrick Mahomes & Deshaun Watson are on the board.
Imagine having
• top-10 picks 7 straight yrs
• top-5 picks 6 straight yrs
and doing this:
#10 Blaine Gabbert - TRADED
#5 Justin Blackmon
#2 Luke Joeckel
#3 Blake Bortles - CUT
#3 Dante Fowler - TRADED
#5 Jalen Ramsey - TRADED
#4 Leonard Fournette - CUT
• top-10 picks 7 straight yrs
• top-5 picks 6 straight yrs
and doing this:
#10 Blaine Gabbert - TRADED
#5 Justin Blackmon
#2 Luke Joeckel
#3 Blake Bortles - CUT
#3 Dante Fowler - TRADED
#5 Jalen Ramsey - TRADED
#4 Leonard Fournette - CUT