I'mWithDan
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Is Watson good enough to pass on the potential to build a great defense in a strong defensive draft. Can you answer that question? There is a strong QB class next year.
If I could answer that question, I’d be making a lot more money and doing way less work.
The “defense or die” mantra is a really old school line of thinking, that is rooted in some deeper aspects of psychology. Super Bowl champs are pretty evenly split in terms of ranking in the top of the those team metrics. They even look at this with a much larger cross section of data (with similar results)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/06/does-defense-really-win-championships
That article pretty much states the way you build your team is mainly personal preference. There isn’t a right or a wrong way. The choice is likely more an organizational philosophy on which route makes the most sense. So we hired an offensive coach who has a track record of developing QB's.....so which choice potentially makes more sense? As long as the FO is on the same page I don't have a problem with either route.
There is a strong QB class next year.
This is no more than a guess though. This QB class looked pretty good 12 months ago. A lot can change over that period of time. You also have to consider the likelihood of draft positioning repeating itself. It’s really hard to get in a position to take a QB. How many times have the Browns flushed draft position by just winning 1 too many games?
I’m not advocating taking one guy over the other, I’m just trying to open the dialog a bit here. There’s a handful of people who seem to have absolute opinions on how this whole thing works when there are several approaches (that can be very different in philosophy), that are still effective.