Why Talent Doesn’t Matter When Drafting Quarterbacks

J&D Productions: “Don’t take a RB in the first round, an average RB can be elite behind a good OL” “Don’t take a WR early in the draft” “Situation is more important than talent when drafting a QB”. Ok when I’m a GM I will only draft defensive players and offensive linemen in the top 10

Notes taken: If you’re a bad NFL team, get a mid-to-bad veteran QB and build the rest of your team. Once you’re built enough, you can go anywhere from 4-13 to 8-9 and get a top 15 pick. With that, take your QB of the future

Dude Trevor Lawrence was fully thrown into a chaotic mess of a situation. As a full on Rookie. I still believe he can thrive in the NFL

I’m an Australian so I don’t know the game as well as you guys but I’m always astounded when a team doesn’t go hard for a good o line as a priority. In my train of thought isn’t protecting your Qb the main priority and also freeing him up with time in the pocket to find a receiver.

Obviously a better team makes a good QB, but there’s no way that talent doesn’t matter. Alex Smith’s Chiefs were not the same as Mahomes’ Chiefs

Hotdogs are good

Your use of "situation" is such a vague term, can literally say that about any player drafted in the 1st round. Josh Allen inherited a 9-7 Buffalo Bills who lost basically their entire offensive line other than Dion Dawkins. Allen's #1 receiver was Kelvin Benjamin and WR2 was Robert Foster. What a team needs is a competent front office who does due diligence in selecting a head coach that possesses the right attitude to facilitate culture. Then selecting the players who fit the mold both personally and athletically. McDermott is a disciple of Ron Rivera, suggesting Josh Allen or Pat Mahommes wouldn't succeed in DC is asinine.

I think people greatly overestimate the Bills organization that Allen was drafted into. Sure, they lucked into the playoffs via less than 10% odds heading into week 17 the year before, but they were on a 17 year playoff DROUGHT, longest in the league before that. Their roster was terrible. Look at Allen's first year roster. They had nobody. They went into the season with only 2 QBs on the roster, Nathan Peterman as the stater, Allen as the "project," raw backup. But they were so bad so early that Josh was forced to play by half time game 1. Midway through the season, they were so desperate for a veteran QB they sign Derek Anderson out of retirement, then Matt Barkley off the streets when he got injured. This was NOT a "stable" situation. It was the opposite. McDermott was a first time HC, it was Brandon Beane's first draft as GM, & the team was in complete rebuold mode. Allen had to bust his ass & really apply himself over the first 2 years, just as the team had to slowly build up a roster around him. It didn't exist when he got there. The situation was terrible. So scratch that one from the list please. The Bills were not like Chiefs who just won 12 games under Alex Smith.

That Deshuan joke had me lmao 🤣😂

At 4:52, “Quinn Brady?” 🤣 I think his name is Brady Quinn.

0:50 Jags went 3-14 in 2021 not 1-15. Trevor Lawrence was drafted after the Jags went 1-15.

I have always thought that some teams can never develop a QB

Basically, If you want to develop a QB. Do the exact opposite that the dolphins have done the previous 2 years. And it might still be too late for Tua.

Talent does matter however in an exstent. It depends who you draft if you draft somebody like Patrick Mahomes who is smart and talented then you should draft him. However somebody like Ryan Leaf that uses talent wrong you dont draft.

Talent matters more than ever when it comes to Qbs bc whether Qbs are good or great they all still demand 40+ million nowadays

I’d say that talent matters, but situation matters more

I'm so happy about the hastily made Cleveland tourism video part 2 reference

WR core in some cases doesn’t really matter. Lamar’s 2019 season had a top 10 O-line but a bottom 5 wr core with rookie Hollywood, Seth Roberts and willie Snead

Being in the right situation doesn’t mean shit to an elite talent. Talent will always transcend everything. I bury the Browns every chance I get for not taking Josh Allen, but then I’ll get the folks who say he wouldn’t have been as good as he is had the Browns drafted him…..which is absolutely absurd. Every great QB didn’t just fall into a perfect scenario.

It’s interesting that once Jacksonville got a proven coach in Doug Peterson and the situation was more stable, Lawrence became a top 10 QB! Situation absolutely matters.