A Lesson to Be Learned?
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In point of fact, very few drafts probably have THE guy, if by that you mean HOF potential. In history a HOF caliber QB is only drafted really once every 2-3 years of that.
Here are all the HOF QBs drafted in each decade since the draft began in 1936:
1930s: Sammy Baugh, Sid Luckman (2 HOFers)
1940s: Bob Waterfield, Otto Graham, YA Tittle, Bobby Layne, George Blanda, Norm Van Brocklin (6 HOFers)
1950s: John Unitas, Bart Starr, Sonny Jurgenson, Len Dawson (4 HOFers)
1960s: Fran Tarkenton, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath, Bob Griese (4 HOFers)
1970s: Terry Bradshaw, Dan Fouts, Joe Montana (3 HOFers)
1980s: John Elway, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Steve Young, Troy Aikman (5 HOFers)
1990s: Probables: Brett Favre, Peyton Manning. (Possibles: Steve McNair/Drew Bledsoe) (2-3 HOFers
2000s: Probables: Tom Brady, Drew Brees. (Possibles: Eli, Rivers, BR, Rodgers) (2-6 HOFers)
Note: Moon already in would have been drafted circa 1979/1980. He went undrafted and played like 5 years in Canada.
Also possible HOFer Kurt Warner came out of college mid 1990s, went undrafted, played Arena League some.
Thus, on average a HOF caliber QB only comes up 4-5 times per decade. I know you can have "franchise" QBs that are not HOFers...but pretty darn good. ....like a Stabler/Kosar/ etc.
Point is: really good to great QBs don't grow on trees.
Farve, Manning, & Brady, are mortal locks to get in. Brees is 95%+ probable. and Rodgers only needs another good year or two to join the club.
I suggest you save this post for the next time Shep starts spouting off about the great qb potential in the 2014 draft.
Farve, Manning, & Brady, are mortal locks to get in. Brees is 95%+ probable. and Rodgers only needs another good year or two to join the club.
I suggest you save this post for the next time Shep starts spouting off about the great qb potential in the 2014 draft.
Well, here I guess we have to figure out what we mean by "franchise" QB. Perhaps a guy can be a franchise QB....but not necessarily a HOF QB.
Take the 1970s......which produced only 3 HOF QBs: Bradshaw/Fouts/Montana. But a number of other very good QBs came out in those years: Plunkett, Anderson, Pastorini, Theismann, Simms, Bert Jones, Joe Ferguson.
Same with the 90s: Only Favre and Manning are locks, but the likes of McNair, Bledsoe were very good.
And take 2004: Do you think any of Eli, Rivers, BR will make the HOF? Or all of them? If you just take pure stats Rivers probably has been every bit as productive a QB as Eli and BR. But what about those 2 titles each of them holds? Is that a by far plus factor that gets Eli and BR HOF credit that Rivers doesn't get because he has no title?
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I guess, what I am saying is that I am going to go out on a limb: Bridgewater seems likely to be the first QB taken.....possibly/probably even the #1 overall pick of this draft.
I predict that 10 years from now we will look back and 1 or 2 of the lower QBs will be seen to be having better careers than Bridgewater.
The way I see it I have about a 58% chance of being right.
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I guess, what I am saying is that I am going to go out on a limb: Bridgewater seems likely to be the first QB taken.....possibly/probably even the #1 overall pick of this draft.
I predict that 10 years from now we will look back and 1 or 2 of the lower QBs will be seen to be having better careers than Bridgewater.
The way I see it I have about a 58% chance of being right.
Now you just have to figure out which one....you have about a 15% chance of being right.I guess, what I am saying is that I am going to go out on a limb: Bridgewater seems likely to be the first QB taken.....possibly/probably even the #1 overall pick of this draft.
I predict that 10 years from now we will look back and 1 or 2 of the lower QBs will be seen to be having better careers than Bridgewater.
The way I see it I have about a 58% chance of being right.
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I must make one retraction from above. I stated that in the 1972 draft it was a crap year for QBs......but for my original research I only checked the first 7 rounds of each draft. But in 1972 the Browns got the very best QB taken in that draft......in the 13th round....by the name of Brian Sipe. I mean, Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Joe Gilliam were the other QBs taken that year, and they were crapola.
And that year was a year in which the Browns got lucky by taking a QB down the list of those drafted who far outperformed those taken higher.
Unfortuneatley.....that was 42 years ago.....and the last time the Browns have gotten lucky like that.
I must make one retraction from above. I stated that in the 1972 draft it was a crap year for QBs......but for my original research I only checked the first 7 rounds of each draft. But in 1972 the Browns got the very best QB taken in that draft......in the 13th round....by the name of Brian Sipe.
The number of rounds in the draft is an important point, Gip. The pack for a wunderkind to emerge from was bigger in the past than it is now.
- Since '94 we've had 12 rounds;
- in '93 there were 8;
- from '77 thru '92 there were 12;
- 17 from '76 thru '91.
There were 20 rounds in the 60's and even earlier there were 30+.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
Without a doubt, the first guy picked is the safest and best play. So the first guy taken is he best 40% of the time, how about the second? Third? Fourth?
Taken with your insistence that organizations cannot guess which QBs will succeed (see below), it would seem that you really do believe that the QB picked first turns out to be good because he was picked first, rather than he is picked first because he is good.
Do you also put your cart before your horse?
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
And your list does prove one thing.....through all the scouting, evaluations, combines, interviews, nobody can guess which QB's will succeed.
They're not guessing... and your own position as stated in the previous quote shows that. If they were guessing, then the probability of success at QB would be equal regardless of when the QB is drafted. Yet you maintain the earlier one is tabbed, the greater that QBs chance of success is. Which is it?
Have you ever read Moneyball? Or at least seen the movie? Scouting is simply as flawed in football as it historically has been in baseball.
But whether flawed or guesswork, mistakes are compounded when need is allowed to influence rational thought.
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I must make one retraction from above. I stated that in the 1972 draft it was a crap year for QBs......but for my original research I only checked the first 7 rounds of each draft. But in 1972 the Browns got the very best QB taken in that draft......in the 13th round....by the name of Brian Sipe.
The number of rounds in the draft is an important point, Gip. The pack for a wunderkind to emerge from was bigger in the past than it is now.
- Since '94 we've had 12 rounds;
- in '93 there were 8;
- from '77 thru '92 there were 12;
- 17 from '76 thru '91.
There were 20 rounds in the 60's and even earlier there were 30+.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
Without a doubt, the first guy picked is the safest and best play. So the first guy taken is he best 40% of the time, how about the second? Third? Fourth?
Taken with your insistence that organizations cannot guess which QBs will succeed (see below), it would seem that you really do believe that the QB picked first turns out to be good because he was picked first, rather than he is picked first because he is good.
Do you also put your cart before your horse?
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
And your list does prove one thing.....through all the scouting, evaluations, combines, interviews, nobody can guess which QB's will succeed.
They're not guessing... and your own position as stated in the previous quote shows that. If they were guessing, then the probability of success at QB would be equal regardless of when the QB is drafted. Yet you maintain the earlier one is tabbed, the greater that QBs chance of success is. Which is it?
Have you ever read Moneyball? Or at least seen the movie? Scouting is simply as flawed in football as it historically has been in baseball.
But whether flawed or guesswork, mistakes are compounded when need is allowed to influence rational thought.
wow dude, is that really what you think I meant? Yes, I know theyre not guessing and I know guys aren't going to be good because of a draft slot. My point was made to dispute the OP. And I was just saying that scouts are wrong more than theyre right. If the Jets dont draft OBrien do the Dolphins take him instead of Marino? Scouting is not flawed, pretty sure they do everything they can conceivably do to evaluate these players and rank em. But scouting is an inexact science because there are too many variables. Pretty sure the Patriots would have taken Brady in the first round if they knew he was going to be as good as he is....so they got lucky.The number of rounds in the draft is an important point, Gip. The pack for a wunderkind to emerge from was bigger in the past than it is now.
- Since '94 we've had 12 rounds;
- in '93 there were 8;
- from '77 thru '92 there were 12;
- 17 from '76 thru '91.
Taken with your insistence that organizations cannot guess which QBs will succeed (see below), it would seem that you really do believe that the QB picked first turns out to be good because he was picked first, rather than he is picked first because he is good.
Do you also put your cart before your horse?
They're not guessing... and your own position as stated in the previous quote shows that. If they were guessing, then the probability of success at QB would be equal regardless of when the QB is drafted. Yet you maintain the earlier one is tabbed, the greater that QBs chance of success is. Which is it?
Have you ever read Moneyball? Or at least seen the movie? Scouting is simply as flawed in football as it historically has been in baseball.
But whether flawed or guesswork, mistakes are compounded when need is allowed to influence rational thought.
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But you cant deny that history has proven, the higher a guy is drafted, the higher his chances for success are. They are not better magically because they were drafted higher. They evaluate these players and put the best at the top. Im not saying if we draft Carr #1 he has a 42% chance of being great, Im saying that 42% of the time, the QB taken first has been the best historically.
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wow dude, is that really what you think I meant? Yes, I know theyre not guessing and I know guys aren't going to be good because of a draft slot. My point was made to dispute the OP. And I was just saying that scouts are wrong more than theyre right. If the Jets dont draft OBrien do the Dolphins take him instead of Marino? Scouting is not flawed, pretty sure they do everything they can conceivably do to evaluate these players and rank em. But scouting is an inexact science because there are too many variables. Pretty sure the Patriots would have taken Brady in the first round if they knew he was going to be as good as he is....so they got lucky.The number of rounds in the draft is an important point, Gip. The pack for a wunderkind to emerge from was bigger in the past than it is now.
- Since '94 we've had 12 rounds;
- in '93 there were 8;
- from '77 thru '92 there were 12;
- 17 from '76 thru '91.
Taken with your insistence that organizations cannot guess which QBs will succeed (see below), it would seem that you really do believe that the QB picked first turns out to be good because he was picked first, rather than he is picked first because he is good.
Do you also put your cart before your horse?
They're not guessing... and your own position as stated in the previous quote shows that. If they were guessing, then the probability of success at QB would be equal regardless of when the QB is drafted. Yet you maintain the earlier one is tabbed, the greater that QBs chance of success is. Which is it?
Have you ever read Moneyball? Or at least seen the movie? Scouting is simply as flawed in football as it historically has been in baseball.
But whether flawed or guesswork, mistakes are compounded when need is allowed to influence rational thought.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
wow dude, is that really what you think I meant? Yes, I know theyre not guessing and I know guys aren't going to be good because of a draft slot. My point was made to dispute the OP.
There is no "disputing" the OP. I am the OP and what I said there is indisputable. It is pure fact, not opinion. In more years than not the first QB taken in a draft is NOT the best QB taken in that draft. Don't overcomplicate what I said. Sure, the better QB could be the 2d or the 10th or 12th...and he may have been taken one slot behind the first QB taken....or he could have been taken in the 17th(Starr), 13th(Sipe), 6th(Brady) round.
And I was just saying that scouts are wrong more than theyre right. If the Jets dont draft OBrien do the Dolphins take him instead of Marino? Scouting is not flawed, pretty sure they do everything they can conceivably do to evaluate these players and rank em. But scouting is an inexact science because there are too many variables. Pretty sure the Patriots would have taken Brady in the first round if they knew he was going to be as good as he is....so they got lucky.
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But you cant deny that history has proven, the higher a guy is drafted, the higher his chances for success are. They are not better magically because they were drafted higher. They evaluate these players and put the best at the top. Im not saying if we draft Carr #1 he has a 42% chance of being great, Im saying that 42% of the time, the QB taken first has been the best historically.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
But you cant deny that history has proven, the higher a guy is drafted, the higher his chances for success are. They are not better magically because they were drafted higher. They evaluate these players and put the best at the top. Im not saying if we draft Carr #1 he has a 42% chance of being great, Im saying that 42% of the time, the QB taken first has been the best historically.
Yea, sure. I never claimed otherwise. I am only trying to cling to some hope that the Browns could get lucky and get the best QB available in this draft....even if they don't get the top choice.
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I must make one retraction from above. I stated that in the 1972 draft it was a crap year for QBs......but for my original research I only checked the first 7 rounds of each draft. But in 1972 the Browns got the very best QB taken in that draft......in the 13th round....by the name of Brian Sipe.
The number of rounds in the draft is an important point, Gip. The pack for a wunderkind to emerge from was bigger in the past than it is now.
- Since '94 we've had 12 rounds;
- in '93 there were 8;
- from '77 thru '92 there were 12;
- 17 from '76 thru '91.
There were 20 rounds in the 60's and even earlier there were 30+.
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
Without a doubt, the first guy picked is the safest and best play. So the first guy taken is he best 40% of the time, how about the second? Third? Fourth?
Taken with your insistence that organizations cannot guess which QBs will succeed (see below), it would seem that you really do believe that the QB picked first turns out to be good because he was picked first, rather than he is picked first because he is good.
Do you also put your cart before your horse?
XxDaBuckeyexX said:
And your list does prove one thing.....through all the scouting, evaluations, combines, interviews, nobody can guess which QB's will succeed.
They're not guessing... and your own position as stated in the previous quote shows that. If they were guessing, then the probability of success at QB would be equal regardless of when the QB is drafted. Yet you maintain the earlier one is tabbed, the greater that QBs chance of success is. Which is it?
Have you ever read Moneyball? Or at least seen the movie? Scouting is simply as flawed in football as it historically has been in baseball.
But whether flawed or guesswork, mistakes are compounded when need is allowed to influence rational thought.
The number of rounds in the draft is an important point, Gip. The pack for a wunderkind to emerge from was bigger in the past than it is now.
- Since '94 we've had 12 rounds;
- in '93 there were 8;
- from '77 thru '92 there were 12;
- 17 from '76 thru '91.
There were 20 rounds in the 60's and even earlier there were 30+.
Where did you get your draft round info? I ask because I Googled it a week or so ago, and didn't get any immediate hits. Not anywhere that had a simple summary anyways.
And am I missing something, because wouldn't the number of rounds be affected by the number of teams? Less teams = more rounds. So total number of players drafted might not have been more plentiful.
My draft history knowledge is for shit so I'm asking, not debating your statements.
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XxDaBuckeyexX said:
wow dude, is that really what you think I meant? Yes, I know theyre not guessing and I know guys aren't going to be good because of a draft slot. My point was made to dispute the OP.
There is no "disputing" the OP. I am the OP and what I said there is indisputable. It is pure fact, not opinion. In more years than not the first QB taken in a draft is NOT the best QB taken in that draft. Don't overcomplicate what I said. Sure, the better QB could be the 2d or the 10th or 12th...and he may have been taken one slot behind the first QB taken....or he could have been taken in the 17th(Starr), 13th(Sipe), 6th(Brady) round.
And I was just saying that scouts are wrong more than theyre right. If the Jets dont draft OBrien do the Dolphins take him instead of Marino? Scouting is not flawed, pretty sure they do everything they can conceivably do to evaluate these players and rank em. But scouting is an inexact science because there are too many variables. Pretty sure the Patriots would have taken Brady in the first round if they knew he was going to be as good as he is....so they got lucky.
Dispute was a strong word....shoulda used counter.XxDaBuckeyexX said:
wow dude, is that really what you think I meant? Yes, I know theyre not guessing and I know guys aren't going to be good because of a draft slot. My point was made to dispute the OP.
There is no "disputing" the OP. I am the OP and what I said there is indisputable. It is pure fact, not opinion. In more years than not the first QB taken in a draft is NOT the best QB taken in that draft. Don't overcomplicate what I said. Sure, the better QB could be the 2d or the 10th or 12th...and he may have been taken one slot behind the first QB taken....or he could have been taken in the 17th(Starr), 13th(Sipe), 6th(Brady) round.
And I was just saying that scouts are wrong more than theyre right. If the Jets dont draft OBrien do the Dolphins take him instead of Marino? Scouting is not flawed, pretty sure they do everything they can conceivably do to evaluate these players and rank em. But scouting is an inexact science because there are too many variables. Pretty sure the Patriots would have taken Brady in the first round if they knew he was going to be as good as he is....so they got lucky.
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XxDaBuckeyexX said:
But you cant deny that history has proven, the higher a guy is drafted, the higher his chances for success are. They are not better magically because they were drafted higher. They evaluate these players and put the best at the top. Im not saying if we draft Carr #1 he has a 42% chance of being great, Im saying that 42% of the time, the QB taken first has been the best historically.
Yea, sure. I never claimed otherwise. I am only trying to cling to some hope that the Browns could get lucky and get the best QB available in this draft....even if they don't get the top choice.
Being a Browns fan Im sure you know that we want as little luck involved as possible....its not really on our side.Yea, sure. I never claimed otherwise. I am only trying to cling to some hope that the Browns could get lucky and get the best QB available in this draft....even if they don't get the top choice.
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