Twitter: Remaining quarterbacks in the playoffs were 1st round picks except Brock Purdy

[Reality]

 

[nate dizzle]

Yep. We've gone the undrafted and mid round pick route. Hasn't panned out. Time for a blue chipper.

 

[jgboys1]

But Dak plays like a 1st round draft pick in the regular season!

 

[nate dizzle]

But Dak plays like a 1st round draft pick in the regular season!

He's the tomato can man.

 

[RS12]

I enjoy it when you stir the pot. Sadly, Jerry probably thinks the team has one in waiting, in Trey Lance. I cant make that jump at the moment.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I’ve been screaming it from the hill top for years now.

 

[Starforever]

None of this matters.

 

[jgboys1]

He's the tomato can man.

Exactly!
When everything is perfect, he looks like Joe Montana but when a team with a OK defense gets in his face, he looks worse than Ryan Leafs backup.

 

[Diehardblues]

I recall at one time that about 80% of winning SB QB’s were 1st round picks. But when I was looking up data to support this I ran across this article which was startling .

There have been 38 quarterbacks drafted in the first round since 2011, the year the NFL changed the collective bargaining agreement to set a wage scale for rookie deals, making it extremely affordable to draft a quarterback.

If winning a Super Bowl is too finite a goal (and only one quarterback on his rookie deal has led his team to the Super Bowl) then we can expand to being one of the four final teams in the postseason. Besides Mahomes:

Three others led their teams to a Super Bowl appearance (Burrow, Goff, Newton — who was not on his rookie deal at the time).

Three others led their teams to a Conference Championship Game (Bortles, Luck, Allen).

This of course focuses on winning in Rookie deal but later in the article it also discusses how it’s actually more likely in recent years to acquire an aging QB , former 1st rd pick , to win a SB.

Very insightful article which opened my eyes. Good read!!

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/n...t-round-qbs-makes-lamar-jacksons-case-for-him

 

[JW82]

Basically unless you have Shannahan as your coach, you better have a 1st rd pick.

 

[jwitten82]

No 4th round suckas in there?

 

[hopemsu]

Any teams left in the playoffs that can't run the ball or stop the run?

 

[Diehardblues]

Basically unless you have Shannahan as your coach, you better have a 1st rd pick.

Having a 1st round pick this era isn’t the guarantee it used to be to advance to Super Bowl.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

LOL....what's not being said is this is the first year with this many 1st round QBs in the final 8 that I can remember. What was it last year? Mayfield and Goffs were run off their original teams......what does that say?

 

[SlammedZero]

It's almost insane that our FO ignores the most important position in football. It's like they think they're outsmarting the rest of the NFL finding their QBs in the later rounds (or UDFA). I'm sure they think they fleeced San Fran giving them a 4th round pick for Lance.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Draft status means nothing as proof by Purdy…..Dak didn’t lose to the Packers because he was a 4th round pick lol.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

It's almost insane that our FO ignores the most important position in football. It's like they think they're outsmarting the rest of the NFL finding their QBs in the later rounds (or UDFA). I'm sure they think they fleeced San Fran giving them a 4th round pick for Lance.

I mean they did when you factor in the 49ers spent two first round picks on him lol

 

[Diehardblues]

And interestingly since 2014 three of the 4 1st round QB’s who have won the SB were acquired thru trade. Brady, Manning and Stafford.

 

[Quickdraw]

But Dak plays like a 1st round draft pick in the regular season!

Only against .500 or less teams.

 

[Diehardblues]

Draft status means nothing as proof by Purdy…..Dak didn’t lose to the Packers because he was a 4th round pick lol.

What’s actually more important is the team you build around them.

Most highly drafted 1st round picks go to crappy teams which is why the bust rate is so high for these 1st round picks.

Even a mediocre team provides a better opportunity for these 1st round picks to succeed.