kmd24 said:
No it doesn't. I already posted this fact, but I am happy to repeat it for you. Of all the modern free agency era QB's (18), only Bledsoe and Brady have reached the SB prior to their fifth pro season. That it what I am basing my statement upon.
Fair enough kmd, but let's look at your statement that I responded to.
While I see DB as a flawed player, I think he is the best shot the Cowboys will have for the next 5 years or so.
Please show me where you explain you are talking about Draft picks who reach the SB in 5 years or less and that Draft picks are the only option.
There is no way I could have gleaned this from that statement. It reads Bledsoe is the only good option for 5 years or so.
Maybe we'll get lucky and hit with Romo or Henson, or maybe a draftee, but in general it is a slow process with QB's.
Not always. In general, yes.
BTW, my statement has less to do with how good Bledsoe is and more to do with how difficult it is in today's NFL to hit on a QB and develop him quickly. Even if Dallas manages to secure a top flight player in the draft, it will take some time for him to develop.
Upon reading your explanation here I understand this. My response is based upon how your post confused me.
Top echelon guys just don't become available in FA. And I am considering Bledsoe when I make that statement.
It truly depends on the situation, but in general I do agree. The truth is there are always options.
I'm not saying this. I actually think Romo or Henson are the best shot the Cowboys have at improving the position in the short term (not immediately), but the general consensus is that both have a long road ahead of them. I think either would be a step back before taking several steps forward. But you have to try at some point.
We agree.
What I think will happen is that Drew will start for the next couple of years, and then one of the young guys will come in and take a couple years to get his feet under him.
I'm on record as saying this would not bother me. JFYI.
Maybe it is better to start the process now, but it seems to me that the team is on the cusp of something big in the immediate future, and I'd hate to see the Cowboys take a step back now for the sake of something nebulous and in the more distant future.
The optimist in me wants to believe we just barely missed and this off season can fix it all.
The pessimist in me wants to say we need a killer instinct at QB that Bledsoe no longer possesses and may have never had given his career.
Hopefully someone will become available, but past history suggests such players won't be available. Of the guys who project to be FA in the near future, none seem very exciting to me. It's been that way for several years now.
Culpepper does excite me.
I was a big time opponent of Plummer or Delhomme. The prevailing thought at the time they were available ws that they weren't much better than what we had. In hindsight we blew it on both.
Pretty hard to say whether any QB will be healthy. Bledsoe has been pretty durable, so I don't see why anyone should predict otherwise for the next couple years. Maybe you're the one with the crystal ball?
You don't want my crystal ball kmd, it sucks bad.
Just to avoid confusion, I'm not saying that DB will be the Cowboys QB for the next 5 years. If that's what you inferred, you are reading too much into what I said.
No, that isn't what I inferred.
I have already said
my piece to neil about Aikman vs. Bledsoe.
So did I. Just amplifying what you said about high expectations unless it wasn't clear.
You didn't mean to imply anything? So you were just throwing out random facts?
Either that or being barasive. The jury is out.
Let me clue you in to how debate works. When you bring up statistics and facts, they necessarily imply something. That's the whole reason you bring them up. It's your job to get your point across and mine to make sure I infer properly and understand what you mean. That is why I did ask you (slightly indirectly) if my inference was incorrect.
Silly me I guess. I hope you'll forgive me.
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