CJ Stroud looks absolutely amazing and on a team that I would say is on par with our roster at best.
Poles said all along he needed to be blown away to stick at #1 and take a QB last year. By the time the combine rolled around he all but announced to the world the pick was for sale. I understand Fields showed flashes towards the end of last year and that played into that decision.
Fast forward to now and Stroud is blowing everyone away.
I think it’s fair to question what our staff missed on Stroud to be out on him immediately and whether or not we should be worried about them making the next decision on who our QB is.
20/20 hindsight – I would much rather have Stroud instead of the DJ Moore package and it’s not even close. Give me a franchise QB and figure out the rest of the line and WRs after that.
We turned that trade into a starting RT, CB and DJ Moore with incredible flexibility to control this year’s draft as well. If you think our rosters would be at the same level if we didn’t take that trade then you’re just flat out wrong. We had the least talented team overall last season, we needed to gather as much talent as possible.
This season we have improved but still lacking elite talent but because of the trade we are in a great position to acquire as much as possible without overpaying vets and selling our future by trading up. I don’t know how Fields will do the rest of the season, I hope he succeeds and Carolina tank so we can again get a huge haul for the number 1 pick and still have the ability to draft either pick 2 or 3 to pick up MHJ and the best player available with our own pick.