Even if we win 6 games, we have the draft capitol to move up. Secondly, as was already stated, the NCAAF season is young and there could be as many as 6 QB's or more that will be able to play in the NFL. We won't know until January most likely.
(We're going to get 6 or so wins and miss out on a franchise qb in the draft.)
Obviously someone appears to be looking at only one or two (1 or 2) particular QB's while so far this year there are a few upcoming QB's that IMO should be watched. The NCAAF season has just gotten under way
Exactly Fate thank you. If we win 6 games most likely we will be picking no lower than 10th. Let's say there are 3 really good QB's available that will be considered FQB's. We should have the draft capitol to get one of them. With 5 wins last year we picked 6th I believe. We will have to use our 2#1's and possibly a #1 in "28 to move up and get our guy depending on the situation. Maybe if we only have to move up 3 slots a #2 in "28 will be enough. All speculation at this point.
Over the past 10 years, 2024 is the only year that 6 wins didn't get you in the top ten. Most years, that is somewhere between 6-8 on average.
Some of the thinking here probably needs to adjust as well.. It isn't JUST teams in need of a QB that are going to be so bad that they are picking ahead of us. There are many teams with young QBs or situations where the starter gets injured that will have really bad years, but won't be looking for a QB.
If all goes well and there really are 6 viable QBs in the draft (which I still think could be possible. Throw out historical, that's why history changes). We could end up in the 6-7 spot in the draft and a couple of teams in the top 3 that don't need a QB. Now, they could stay at say the #2 spot and draft someone like Jeremiah Smith... OR they could trade down to #6 and get another first rounder and future first or second, and possibly still get Smith. I'm confident this class will have two guys in this draft that I will want to be a really good QB prospect.
Too much to determine between now and next April at this point.. but I would much rather feel like I did this past Sunday than a week earlier.. whether that is 6 times or 12 times... it's still better than 3 times. I can't worry about what will happen in the draft right now. Heck we could tank, still get the #4 overall pick and only 1 QB declare for the draft because of NIL money and any number of other reasons.
I feel pretty good about the college prospects though and frankly being in the top ten, I feel good about having the draft capital to move up high enough to snag one of my top of list guys.
