Drafting a QB is gambling on a young kid.
Yes you can help him and devellop him (Alex Smith, Josh Allen, even T.Lawrence).
You have some day 1 gems : Justin Herbert, RG3
And you have Manziel, J.Russel, Josh Rosen or Ryan Leaf.
Id say im happy thinking we landed a middle of the pack QB with a middle of the pack first round pick.
Andy Dalton kept going to the playoffs, Blake Bortles and Tebow went to AFC championship (i dont know who let them in).
If we can field a top 5 D with a fine rushing attack, Pickett can go to the playoffs too !
I’d rather have a Manziel than a Dalton honestly. If you’re drafting a QB in the first round it should be because you at least see a path to them becoming an elite QB. I’d rather the QB bust right away and us immediately know we need to draft another one, than waste our time with a “serviceable” QB for 5+ years before realizing it isn’t cutting it. Right now we’re in year 2 of the latter.