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Originally Posted by Groundhog
Aye, that's exactly right. I'd much rather my team take a QB in the 2nd round. Less pressure to succeed straight away, and gives the team anoter season or two to make sure their is some semibalance of an O-Line to protect him.
The failure of the high-1st round QBs pretty much comes down to expectations and being put in horrible situations IMO. Put a lot of these guys in the 2nd round and I bet their careers turn out very differently.
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QBs drafted in rounds 1 and 2 from 2000-2009:
Top 10
Matt Stafford
Mark Sanchez
Matt Ryan
Jamarcus Russell
Vince Young
Matt Leinart
Alex Smith
Eli Manning
Philip Rivers
Carson Palmer
Byron Leftwich
David Carr
Joey Harrington
Mike Vick
1st Rounders Outside the Top 10
Josh Freeman
Joe Flacco
Brady Quinn
Jay Cutler
Aaron Rodgers
Jason Campbell
Ben Roethlisberger
JP Losman
Rex Grossman
Kyle Boller
Patrick Ramsey
Chad Pennington
Round 2
Pat White
Brian Brohm
Chad Henne
Kevin Kolb
John Beck
Drew Stanton
Kellen Clemens
Tavaris Jackson
Charlie Frye
Andrew Walter
Chris Simms
Drew Brees
Quincy Carter
Marques Tuiasosopo
Given the choice, I'd take my chances on a 1st round QB because drafting after the 1st round your chances of finding an elite or even serviceable QB go down drastically.