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.
No I do…just completely different ceilings.
One looks like he can be a really good player. The other looks like he can be a HoF player. Obviously, playing for the eagles helps…a lot lol. But the guys that we took in place of Carter look like they aren’t really as good as we probably would’ve hoped for. At that same time…Wright seems like a great player but the gap for guys like Dawand Jones, Matthew Bergeron and Cody Mauch - all linemen drafted within reach you can say - would have been not as drastic of a downgrade.
It’s the little things like make a roster. You passed on Carter and he looks amazing. You can make a case he’s the second best player in the draft behind CJ. Not a shot at Wright…just an understanding that their judgement of this player was wrong.