Contractually we have no choice but to stick with Flacco for another three years. If we draft a QB, it would have to be in the later rounds on a player who might possible develop. New England got Brady in the 6th round for example. We have way too many holes to fill to draft a QB who will sit before round 6 or 7.
I totally agree we do have way bigger needs at pass rush, DB and WR. I hope we can fix some of that via free agency and draft. I also don't want Flacco to go! Hope he will last as our QB for many years. I think he got all an elite QB needs.. altough he couldn't show it very much this season (due to his injury and some other reasons). I don't want them to draft a QB who can start for us next season, but I am wondering if there would be someone who offers a fresh breeze to our QB situation and who can develop and learn from Joe. In most draft classes there are talented and underestimated young guys in the later rounds (Brady, Prescott,...).
Well, lets be realistic also. A day 3 draft pick isn't being chosen to "challenge" Joe for a starting job. He's being brought in to challenge for a backup job, and MAYBE, if he's a once in a generational player like Brady is, after 2-3 years, MAYBE he would be in a position to compete for the starting job. While there are plenty of good players who get drafted on day 3 or even go undrafted, the fact that Brady is the most common one referenced, and he was drafted 17 years ago, kind of tells us all we need to know about just how many effective QBs come out of day 3. Its a coin toss these days whether you can get an effective QB in round 1. It only decreases in odds with every round you wait.
Seriously some people think great quarterbacks grow on trees. We were lucky to get Flacco and the Falcons were lucky to get Ryan. I remember those years before him when we had in prime best linebackers, safety, offensive tackle, and great tight end and running backs, and couldn't make it past the first round.
