Doctor_Love:
Generally speaking, mid- and late-round quarterbacks are total wastes of a pick. Overall, it’s far more effective to pick other positions in those rounds, as they can contribute in so many other ways.
From the “Best of Doctor Love” archives:
Here’s a list of 3-4 round QBs since 2000:
Giovanni Carmazzi
Chris Redman
Chris Weinke
Sage Rosenfels
Jesse Palmer
Josh McCown
David Garrard
Rohan Davey
Dave Ragone
Chris Simms
Seneca Wallace
Matt Shaub
Luke McCown
Charlie Frye
Andrew Walter
David Greene
Kyle Orton
Stefan Lefors
Charlie Whitehurst
Brodie Croyle
Brad Smith
Trent Edwards
Isaiah Stanback
Kevin O’Connell
Stephen McGee
Colt McCoy
Mike Kafka
Ryan Mallett
Russell Wilson
Nick Foles
Kirk Cousins
Mike Glennon
Matt Barkley
Ryan Nassib
Tyler Wilson
Landry Jones
Logan Thomas
Tom Savage
Garrett Grayson
Sean Mannion
Bryce Petty
Jacoby Brisset
Cody Kessler
Connor Cook
Dak Prescott
Cardale Jones
Davis Webb
CJ Bethard
Joshua Dobbs
Mason Rudolph
Kyle Luletta
Will Grier
Jarrett Stidham
Ryan Finley
Jacob Eason
James Morgan
That’s 2 3-4 (edit) real starters out of 56 picks, a handful of okay backups, and a mountain of diapers filled with Indian food.
That’s from 2021, but I bet an updated list would only make me look smarter (as if that’s possible).
Yes, there are a couple of guys who are okay backups there, but the point is you don’t need to draft them. Even the guys like Minshew bounce around, so drafting them isn’t some big advantage.
I think it’s more a philosophy. You could make a list like that for every position.
I counted 12 guys that would be awesome backups. And then to think guys like Garrard and Prescott, at worst would fetch a nice trade possibly.
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