I feel that Poles very much values draft capital and obviously impact players. However, for a draft that has great WR talent, I can very much easily see him passing on MHJ with the 1st pick. In my opinion, I feel that he would either trade the pick for premiums picks or get his own choice of QB. I just don’t see a path for MHJ at pick 1. I understand he is a generational talent, but with our uncertainty at QB (7 games will determine Field’s future) and the possibility of a massive haul, I just don’t see MHJ as the pick. It will either be QB or a trade down if we get the 1st pick. I also think he’ll for sure be gone at pick 5 as well.
I really like MHJ and if we happen to have 3rd overall, I would love to draft him.
But, it would be absolutely idiotic to pass up on Caleb or Maye if we have #1 or #2. If you don’t like Caleb, fine go Maye.
It’s like people have this weird mental block of “well we haven’t had any luck with QBs lately, so let’s grab a sure thing” and neglect that just because we haven’t successfully drafted and developed a QB doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
Field is what he is, he might be good down the road, maybe he won’t. But if we have an opportunity to draft a top QB prospect, we need to pull the trigger.
To pass up on one of these two and go with MHJ is insane. There are other really great receivers in this draft. I would be ecstatic to have Williams/Maye and Naber/Egbuka from this draft.
I actually like Naber quite a bit. Add in that we already have a WR1 in Moore, and I just don’t see MHJ as a “must-have”.