Disclaimer: I like Geno and think that he is a slight bargain on what he is currently being paid, and i think he will play at the level of his contract next year.

Disclaimer 2: if you check my comment history, you know I think that Waldron’s playcalling is a significant portion of the blame for our offensive struggles.

I dont think a round 1 QB would fix everything necessarily, but I think it is a very real possibility for us, based on a few reasons:

1. There are 5 legit first rounders next year, with 5-6 in conversation for late first/second round. That is a glut of QB talent. even staying put in the late teens/20s, we might have a good player fall to us.

2. the following year there are some QB options, and someone always ends up rising the ranks and surprising people, but there is at least a void compared to this year, which might lead to us taking a shot.

3. there are a few teams before us in the draft that will DEFINITELY not draft a QB: Chargers, Colts, Cincy. there are a lot of teams that COULD draft a QB, but might not for various reasons including the cost of their current QB room, desire to contend with aging QBs, or young QBs who MIGHT be the guy: Broncos, Rams, Giants, Cardinals, Titans, Commanders, Jets, Bills.

4. this uncertainty will lead to a few things, namely these teams not picking QBs which results in QBs dropping, or lots of teams looking to trade down, which lowers the price to do so.

obviously Caleb is out of Range for us, and probably Maye as well, BUT based on current projections however, Daniels, Nix and Penix are in range of a perfectly reasonable trade up if Schnieder feels as if one of them could be the guy. I trust his QB evaluation, so i wouldnt be upset if we ended up going with a later QB, but just laying out what I think is an interesting scenario