Why do we keep talking about the what if’s? It’s done. There’s nothing anyone on this sub can do. Just move on. There’s a future draft and that’s it. Move on!

Anyone who watches the NFL/Draft coverage knew Stroud was never going to go #1. Dude was ranked #4-8 on most prospect boards and was not the #1 QB.

So no, I don’t think about this since it was never going to happen. What could have happened is we took Bryce Young and missed out on Moore and Wright. Otherwise, Will Anderson would be a Bear.

No. We would have ruined him. Just because a guy is awesome on another team, doesn’t mean he’s be good on your team

Good lord mods can we just ban hindsight draft posts already?

We weren’t in the market for a QB at the time so it’s a worthless question and needs to stop being asked because it’s building a false narrative as if were even considering it at the time

Will Levis is also quietly looking like a bona fide QB. If we’re really going to play this game, would you do the trade and select Will Levis instead of Darnell Wright, not do the trade and select Stroud, or do the trade as is? (At the time, we probably could have traded Fields straight up for the rights to take Levis.)

-Just illustrating how easy it is to drive in reverse. :)

This might be a hot take but I still wouldn’t. We have arguably the worst head coach in the NFL, and without Moore and Wright we have a bottom 5 WR group and bottom 10 OL. We would be putting Stroud in the same position the Panthers put Young in. Neither Stroud nor Young would be putting up good numbers here.

1000%. A franchise QB is THE most important part of an NFL team and nothing else is even close

I would. In the span of one draft Texas has turned their team from a bottoming out tank job to playoff hopefuls. As always, hindsight ins 20/20, but you can’t ignore Stroud’s production.