Is there any actual source to the rumor that Kraft forced Bill to draft Mac? And is now still supporting Mac and thats why he keeps getting starts? I feel like this is just hot air from the crowd still blindly loyal to Bill trying to deflect blame from drafting Mac.
You’re right. Mac has even looked like a serviceable QB at times this season. It wasn’t until everything and everyone around him started looking like the worst OLine and WR corps in the NFL that Macs limitations became a real problem.
If the line was even an average unit, if his WRs were even close to average, he would probably be doing decently. However, having little time to allow his piss poor WRs get open, and having them drop far too many catchable balls, the dreadful drive killing penalties, and of course the obvious poor decisions and bad throws that are on Mac, you’ve got all the ingredients for a sputtering offense and a QB that looks terrible.
Yes, Mac needs to go, but I don’t believe any QB could have made this team competitive. There are just too many problems in every position group to make a functional offense…
They need…at least 2 blue chip starters on the OLine. They need a legit threat beyond Stevenson to catch the ball out of the backfield, they need to completely retool their WR room…dropping Parker and JuJu, and replacing them with at least 1 WR1 and a very solid if not great WR2. They need a move TE that can function as such in this offense, (not Geiseki), and then, with those additions, six guys at a minimum, they would ready for a QB to have a chance at succeeding.
Without all of that being done, I don’t think it matters who they bring in as QB. They’ve got to build a solid foundation before putting some rookie into the system. I hope they trade down and gather a ton of picks and then use those picks to fill as many of those slots as possible, and then using the cap space to sign some FAs to round things out.
Sign a bridge QB or even send Mac out there and see what happens for next season, knowing full well that it’s going to take at least two years to get this team out of the ditch they’re in.
Drafting a super amazing rookie with all the tools won’t help the team if they get their confidence ruined by not having anyone around them to help them succeed.