I'm one of those who would prefer to draft a QB with one of our forth round selections. But I'm resigned to the fact that the team seems to lean toward drafting early. In which case my preference is Peterman. What you ignore is that, at least in my case, my preference is to go all out drafting a QB in the first round next year if Savage or Weeden don't prove themselves. Former first round selection Weeden is likely a better talent, or at least as good as, any QB in this year's draft. And you don't even want to give him a look see. I do. And Savage. What's a year if they don't perform? And if they don't, a QB next year will likely be graded as a higher prospect than anything which falls to us this year.
I get your point .... I'm just beyond wait for next year , we been doing that long enough and its got us where we are - QB purgatory.
What got us here wont get us there. 4th round or none at all is what got us here. It wont get us where we want to be.
Savage has been here and had a shot each year , cant tell me different , if he was all that he would have been on the field. He couldn't beat out Fitzy , he couldn't beat out Hoyer , he couldn't beat out Keenum , he couldn't beat out Mullet , He couldn't beat out the Blundering Wizard of Os. He just outlasted them all .... attrition.
If he was worth a damn the team wouldn't have gone out and signed Os .... they wouldn't have gone out and gotten Hoyer the year before. Injuries are only part of the issue. He just aint that good.
Weeden .... he's been around the block and is what he is , a decent backup. He saw pretty much the same competition as Savage and couldn't beat out those guys OR Savage .....
As for Peterman , I don't believe he goes as early as some here predict , I see a 4th round guy for the most part but if he was my guy I might take him in the 3rd.
As for waiting for next year to draft a QB .... what the hell for ?! So we can wait until next year to START developing a long term solution ?! Why not get a jump start on the situation .... start preparing a quality prospect NOW , not Later.
And as for next years crop being so much better .... We hear that sh!t every year , and every year we wait is another year throw away , another year where we know going in that the best we can hope for is just to make the playoffs and maybe win that home game then get curb stomped on the road.
Haven't you had enough seasons like that , thrown away on FitzTragic , Mullet , Hoyerable , The Blundering Wizard of Os .... knowing out of the starting gate that your team has NO CHANCE to win it all ?!
I'd like to feel like they had a real chance for once .... Sooner than later. What got us here wont get us there