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Not messin with ya Boone: but you keep asserting QB is our biggest need. I think that's debatable. I'm certain it needs to be qualified by:
1. Context. If you are talking draft and a high pick I would reword to "our biggest need is a near certain top tier QB". This franchise has so horribly gooned up the QB position every year that the bar must be set higher - especially in a draft that is not highly regarded for QBs. There is that saying about drafting need over best available.
2. Timing. It's only the highest need if the goal is to march into the playoffs this season. If adding all the tools/depth needed to enhance QB success is the goal, then the priorities change. I fall in the latter group - especially with a better QB crop in 2020.
3. Talent or Performance? Rosen cannot be viewed as another untested collegiate product. What is it in his abilities and how they are applied on the field that warrant the risk of trading a first rnd pick? i.e., neglecting other positions
4. Why have so few teams expressed interest, thus far, in Rosen?
Maybe the guy is the second coming and my limitted understanding of the complex position blinds me from seeing the potential. I just believe the Skins have gone down the road for years (with McLovin exception) of building from the skill positions inward - and it never works. We have the makings of an upper tier d-line. I'ld like to see the team go all out and field a dominating defense - most ready unit on the team to advance to that echelon. Reinvigorate the o-line, find a receiver or two. The aperture widens at that point for the quality of QB needed to move into at least the playoffs.
In the end, I suppose it doesn't matter. What "could have been" doesn't carry much weight. BruDan are going to apply their decision calculus regardless of the kind of team any of us would like to see. IMO, drafting need in the first round, especially with a subpar QB class, is a mistake.
In a nutshell, we're just going to have to agree to disagree (on nearly every point you've made). In no particular order... unless you HAVE a QB who is a true NFL starter, then QB is absolutely your biggest priority. It has to be. You've heard the adage that teams that 'have 2 QBs have no QBs'. That's exactly where we are.
The obvious caveat to making this kind of deal (which I've pre-stated) is that you only do it if you believe Rosen has the talent and ability to be that kind of player. Lots of teams believed he was last year. What's changed? A year as starter on literally the worst team in the league? He was not a disaster last year - he played like a rookie on a really bad team. Some of the best QBs in NFL history have done exactly that. You're right - he's not untested, we have some film on him. Watch it I'm not arguing that none of the draft available QBs this year will be good or great QBs. We don't know. Nobody knows. I'm just saying that Rosen, after one okay season on a terrible team, is no more 'risky'.
What we do know is that he's got great mechanics, is very smart, and throws a beautiful ball. We haven't had a guy like him in a long while. If we can get him for the equivalent of what he'd have cost last year (or better yet - less), it is literally a no-brainer.
We have no idea who has 'expressed interest'. There are even reports out there that the Cards might hold onto Rosen. But this year is a little different in the NFL, in that most teams have their QB situation set.
And as far as your sense that no matter what the Redskins do at QB, it isn't going to work - well, I have no reply to that. Something has to work out eventually. And as far as that attitude goes, if you believe that, there's no sense in being a fan. Because if the Redskins are doomed and can't have nice things - ever - then they will never ever win anything again. Because without a very good player under center, an NFL team is going nowhere.
I saw you say in another post how sick you were of the Redskins. I get it. But I'm actually getting excited as this is a year where we have all of our picks, the Rosen possibility is out there, and we may even be able to snag an impact FA or 2 despite being somewhat crippled by Smith's salary. I know that Ax and you and a lot of people don't believe Gruden can turn this around and that he's not much of a coach. I think that's a little unfair given the hand he has been dealt the past 3 seasons and I still believe he can win longterm if we stick with him. All of the above - just one more uneducated fan's sense of things.