Here in Steel city, when the Steelers lose, everyone is talking about why Cowher should sit ben down and start Batch. It was the same way when Kordell was the QB then because everyone wanted to see Maddox.
Ben did win that superbowl earlier this year. But if you watched that game, he had the worst QB rating in the history of superbowl winning QBs. To me, you look at Steelers defense/St this year and watched their tapes last year and you get all your answers about their problems this year.
The Bills are no different. Losman is no good. Then who do you go with? Journey man backups? Drafting another one every year? This much we know: QB is more cerebral than any other positions and thus is most difficult to develop, to even tell. Every year in the draft there are precious few that you have a high confidence. The rest are all long shots. That's why I like the Steelers approach: draft high on guys who are almost a sure thing; get a franchise a QB is a lot of luck, so be patient.
I know almost all GMs won't agree with that. Certainly every fan think he/she can do something better than luck. But in reality, this is what it comes down to: do you keep trying to hit that jackpot of landing a franchise QB (not someone's reject) or do you build a team with the surest bodies you can find?
The Steelers have not selected a first round QB since Bradshaw for years - and winning - until their lucked out on Roethlisberger fell to their lap. They won a superbowl. The Bills has traded away valuable high picks for RJ, Bledsoe, and JP, and they are still searching and losing.
That's why I think I'm OK with the current regime. Since they don't believe in Cutler and Leiner, take their sure thing Whitner and others. JP is not their pick, and I almost sure that they would've not picked him then, but he's here now. He needs time to develop. And we need time to build other pieces of the team. So here we are 3 and 6.
Ben did win that superbowl earlier this year. But if you watched that game, he had the worst QB rating in the history of superbowl winning QBs. To me, you look at Steelers defense/St this year and watched their tapes last year and you get all your answers about their problems this year.
The Bills are no different. Losman is no good. Then who do you go with? Journey man backups? Drafting another one every year? This much we know: QB is more cerebral than any other positions and thus is most difficult to develop, to even tell. Every year in the draft there are precious few that you have a high confidence. The rest are all long shots. That's why I like the Steelers approach: draft high on guys who are almost a sure thing; get a franchise a QB is a lot of luck, so be patient.
I know almost all GMs won't agree with that. Certainly every fan think he/she can do something better than luck. But in reality, this is what it comes down to: do you keep trying to hit that jackpot of landing a franchise QB (not someone's reject) or do you build a team with the surest bodies you can find?
The Steelers have not selected a first round QB since Bradshaw for years - and winning - until their lucked out on Roethlisberger fell to their lap. They won a superbowl. The Bills has traded away valuable high picks for RJ, Bledsoe, and JP, and they are still searching and losing.
That's why I think I'm OK with the current regime. Since they don't believe in Cutler and Leiner, take their sure thing Whitner and others. JP is not their pick, and I almost sure that they would've not picked him then, but he's here now. He needs time to develop. And we need time to build other pieces of the team. So here we are 3 and 6.
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