2012 QB Prospects (Part 2)

[KI Skins Fan]

I look at this whole QB situation from the perspective that the Skins are a team in the second year of a total rebuild under Shanny. Sure, Shanny wouldn't admit to rebuilding and Bruce Allen even trotted out some tired old rhetoric by saying "the future is now". I mean, you didn't really believe that b.s., did you?

I think that saying or not saying certain things was done with the thought of not demotivating the players who had to play the games in 2011. I also think the comment that Shanny made about staking his reputation on Beck and Grossman was a case of extreme "coach speak" that slipped out while he was trying to defend the fact that the Skins didn't take a QB in the 2011 draft. He probably wished he hadn't said that the instant it came out of his mouth.

If the Skins didn't like any of the QB prospects in the 2011 draft then I see no reason why they should have drafted one since they knew full well that they were only in year two of a complete rebuild. The QB could wait until the 2012 draft.

They decided instead to trade down repeatedly and pick up as many good prospects as they could in 2011. And I think the strategy might work out for them. Firstly, I think we may have acquired some good prospects in Kerrigan, Jenkins, Hankerson, Helu. and possibly a couple of others. Secondly, I think most of us would agree that this figures to be a better QB class in 2012. Now, if the Skins fail to land a top QB in this draft, then I would say that management may not know what they're doing in regard to the QB position (with a few f-bombs tossed in).

I'm aware that some NFL executives like the idea of taking a young QB, albeit late, in nearly every draft. I'm not convinced of that as a strategy, but certainly the Skins could have done that in the last draft. They didn't. Nevertheless, it might not be a bad idea for the Skins to do that in this draft because there are a lot of decent QB prospects in this class. A young starter + veteran backup (Rex) + a young developmental QB would be a good thing, IMO.