Past 20 years of QB drafts

Packers 3 (2, 1, 4) 2 serious
Lions 4 (1, 2, 1, 2) 4 serious
Vikings 4 (1, 2, 1, 1) 4 serious
Bears 3 (1, 1, 4) 2 serious

Rams 5 (1, 3, 1, 4, 2) 3 serious
Eagles 7 (1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3) 3 serious
Broncos 6 (1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4) 4 serious
Jets 6 (2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1) 5 serious
Patriots 5 (3, 2, 3, 3, 4) 1 serious
Browns 8 (3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1) 4 serious
Raiders 6 (4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2) 3 serious
Cowboys 4 (4, 4, 4, 2) 1 serious
Bills 4 (4, 1, 3, 1) 2 serious
Bucs 5 (1, 3, 1, 3, 2) 3 serious
Titans 3 (1, 1, 1) 3 serious
Saints 2 (3, 4) 0 serious
Jags 5 (1, 1, 1, 4, 3) 3 serious
Cards 4 (4, 1, 3, 2) 2 serious
Falcs 3 (1, 3, 1) 2 serious
Texans 3 (4, 3, 1) 1 serious
Giants 4 (4, 1, 4, 4,) 1 serious
Pitt 2 (1, 4) 1 serious
Colts 2 (1, 1) 2 serious
Redskins 5 (1, 4, 1, 1, 4) 3 serious
Dolphins 4 (1, 2, 2, 2,) 4 serious
Seahawks 4 (3, 3, 4, 3) 0 serious
Panthers 4 (1, 2, 4, 4) 2 serious
49'rs 4 (2, 1, 3, 1) 3 serious
Ravens 3 (1, 1, 3) 2 serious
Chargers 4 (3, 1, 2, 1) 3 serious
Chiefs 2 (3, 4) 0 serious


I think I might have missed a team, but there is how it breaks down, serious means they drafted in the first 2 rounds. 3rd and 4th are normally taken as projects/potential backups not future starters, even if that's how it turned out.

I think scouting is better than it was , and we have a much better chance of building a great team if we have a great QB . So , it's time to quit being pusswads and at least TRY , by having the cojones to draft one HIGH . The o-line just needs a little more tweaking ( and if they're smart they'll keep working on it ) , but we could make a big positive jump next year with a high round QB . That's what I'd do .

Part of that is who is picking them, and the state of those teams.

Some teams are a disaster, I don't think the Bears are that, the OL is actually, when healthy, really solid. The WR's, if Aj returns and White can be healthy are solid, they could use depth at TE b/c they decided to run w/MR Glass Joe incarnate as their starter, but when healthy's he can at least be a WR. Their RB's are good. It's not like this team is a hot mess and a QB won't make a difference.

The other part is that, especially before the draft went to slotted payscale, that the higher guys had no incentive to really work on their craft from day 1.

That's the bottom-line.  While there are exceptions, it is clear that our odds of getting a solid franchise QB are better if we draft in the top rounds.