NN 2010 NFL Draft Community Big Board - Spots 11-15

I said both teams have pretty bad QB situations, and they do.

Drafting another 1st round QB without having even an adequate O-Line is pure folly.

I couldn’t disagree more. This is exactly what people said about the Falcons picking Matt Ryan, you think they regret that? The Niners have 2 first round picks (plus 7 more picks after that), the idea that they can’t address the line if they take a QB is ridiculous. Furthermore, I’d say that other than RT, the Niners line is fine, at least at pass blocking. Perhaps I’m biased, although PFP graded the Niners line as above average in pass blocking last year as well, and even if you disagree with that, it certainly wasn’t a disaster.

You’d just replace a QB who hasn’t reached his full potential and hasn’t been given the tools to do his job

The first part of the statement is pretty lame if you ask me. He’s had 5 years. Could he still get somewhat better? Yeah. But to act like he’s got all this untapped potential is the definition of wishful thinking. His situation has been bad, no doubt, but he’s been god-awful until this year, and even this year he was bad. I will disagree that Smith hasn’t shown he can’t do the job himself.

for a rookie with no expirence in the NFL with the same god-awful O-Line.

Yes, all rookies by definition will have no experience in the NFL. But most people think this rookie has a chance to be very, very good, and you don’t pass up a franchise QB if you don’t already have one. Bradford can sit a year behind Smith, giving the Niners two drafts to build up the supporting cast on offense (it’s really only a RT away from being very strong IMO). That’s plenty of time, and prevents the Niners from extending the poor QB situation any longer than they have to.

We need to draft O-Linemen before we even think of taking another QB in the 1st.

This is astoundingly short-sighted thinking. The Niners don’t have only 1 draft pick this year. Even if they take a QB, he’d probably sit for a year so they’d have the 2010 and 2011 drafts where they could potentially address the O-line situation again. Waiting until the whole offense is perfect before drafting a QB means you might be waiting for a QB a long time, that’s not a recipe for success. If Bradford is there I’d take him in a heartbeat, and then take Williams, Iupati, Davis, etc. with the 17th pick and the Niners would be on their way to having an incredibly talented offense. Sounds a bit smarter than waiting a whole nother year before even thinking about drafting a QB to me, but of course this is all moot because the Rams are going to take Bradford #1 overall.

OG is not nearly as big, and I think taking Iupati with the ide aof starting him at RT right away is a stretch.

I think it’s unlikely they take a QB this year, but if Bradford is there, I’d take him. Who knows when the Niners would be in a position to get a QB of that caliber again.