The Pencil Neck
Hall of Fame
And that therein is the argument. Take a potentially elite pass rusher or a pretty good quarterback. But...the Texans might be good enough in 2023 to not be able to get one of those top quarterbacks in '24. Would you rather have a bird in the hand or two in the bush?
So, I guess the question is do you want Julius Peppers when you could have a David Carr or a Joey Harrington?
If you draft a position just because you need that position and not because you think the guy at that position is the right guy for you, then I think you're making a huge mistake. I don't want to spend years investing time and energy into a Baker Mayfield or a Mitchell Trubisky.
Sure, if you think it's a question between Peyton Manning and Aaron Donald, then you go Manning. But that's why this is all just a matter of opinion at this point. If this staff thinks that Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, or any of these other guys are going to be a Franchise QB, then they should take him.
Whoever they pick, I'm going to be rooting for him, but I don't agree with the philosophy that we're probably not going to have another pick this high so we might as well take a shot on a QB regardless of whether it's Ryan Leaf or Peyton Manning just because that's a position of need.