Bailing on Rosen at the same time NKemdiche is given years to become a impact player would show me Sk has lost his freaking mind and needs to kicked out ASAP.I know its a different playing position but the fact is very rarely does someone bail on a RD1 pick after 1 year especially after the circumstances last season.
It's not all about bailing on Josh Rosen, it's about potentially finding someone better at the most important position. You can have 10 DL in a rotation, but only 1 QB generally plays sans injury. That's why guys at other positions are there. They have contracts and play positions where they can contribute on a regular albeit lesser basis if they don't start.
The thought is by many that if we draft Murray, Rosen is gone because he won't otherwise play. Most are assuming because of that, and also because of potential Rosen pitching a fit, that we would be forced to trade him. That is also an assumption. One that doesn't seem to be holding up given the recent interviews and how well he is publicly putting up a good front. If he can do it now, he can do it later.
There is also the possibility, however some may discount, that we could carry Murray and Rosen this year (and potentially longer). There is also the possibility that Rosen starts training camp as the starter and Murray has to beat him out, which he may or may not do. Having 2 QB's is a luxury that has even recently won a team a Superbowl. Utilizing such a luxury doesn't always happen, but in the chance you need one, you'll be glad you have one. It's a possibility we could have that luxury, unless a team offers us something to give up that luxury.
What many are forgetting in their analysis, is that we have the #1 pick, where QB's get taken. They obviously know, but I don't think it's really set in what it means.
This is a very rare spot to be in. We've all seen many, many, many horrible seasons, but few of us were even alive the last time we've taken #1. The opportunity for us right now is far different than in any other season. Trying to make sense of the #1 pick using conventional means simply doesn't apply. We're here now, not in 2020 or 2021. We're not going to have a shot at Tua or Lawrence even if we don't take Murray. We're not. Rosen's rookie season could be an abberation, but it also in no way screams, pass on a top prospect if you can select one.
Using a 1st, 3rd, and a 5th for Rosen only to potentially drafting a replacement the next year doesn't matter, because we had no way of knowing we'd have the #1 pick. We had no QB except Bradford. Given what we knew at the time, Keim made the right choice. It was actually a really cheap trade up as well, given it only cost us a net 3rd and 5th round pick. If Keim knew he'd have the #1 pick the next year, he probably wouldn't of drafted Rosen. Now that we do, all options should be on the table. If they aren't, they are running the team wrong.
Whoever they draft, they did their due dilligence, and I am glad they did. It was the right thing to do.
If we don't take Murray, and Rosen sucks, we're still never going to sniff Tua or Lawrence. Not unless we want to trade 3 first round picks, and even then, ONLY if the team holding the #1 pick doesn't need a QB. We'd be looking at the 2nd-4th best QB in whatever draft we would replace Rosen, if we even have to. But replacing Rosen if he fails WILL NOT BE EASY. It will never be as easy as the opportunity we have right now. Not even close.
This is our best shot to potentially get better at QB. Whether we take it or not remains to be seen, but we won't have a better shot to upgrade our QB in the draft like we do now for perhaps another 6 decades.
Sure we could get lucky in some future QB draft pick, but right now we have the pick of the litter, and that virtually assuredly won't be repeated. It's now or never. Never could be fine and the right choice, or a big mistake. They can only approach the process using the scouting and grading process they have with the people they have doing it. Whoever it says is the best player for this team and coaching staff (off or def) is who they should take.
Throw in the connection between the QB and our new coach, and that it is his first season, and those are traditional positives to selecting a QB. If an NFL team wants to draft a QB for their coach, the best season to do so, is year 1. Not year 3 when the seat is getting hot and you mortgage the future to do so.
They are likely also open to trades if a worthy one comes along. Who they may have decided to pick today, may not be who they ultimately select. I think they are letting the process play out and are going to take what they deem is the best direction when on the clock. If that's a QB or DL/DE or trade, we won't absolutely know until we're on the clock.
We're in a unique position, and that means whoever we select is a unique situation, and it shouldn't be looked at that we're suddenly down on whoever. It just means we have an opportunity to get better wherever on the team we want.
