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Originally Posted by RealSNR
If we see another Mahomes hit the NFL (no, it hasn't happened yet, Marcellus ****face) it's not going to happen at #1 overall. The generational talents that get talked about like Lawrence and Luck did simply check all of the boxes. That's what makes them generational. But they're checks, and not "Holy mother of God, did you goddamn see that?" exclamation marks.
It shouldn't be this way, but for some reason teams are still sheepish about taking the highest potential QB at #1, and they'd instead prefer a QB who is about as close to a guarantee as you can get of being a top 15 starter. That's what Lawrence is, for sure.
And I think that's what is still slow to change in the draft evaluation business.
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Thinking about it over time, I think two of them that did fit the bill were Michael Vick and John Elway. Imagine if Vick had Andy Reid as his coach in Atlanta. Reid was able to make Vick a much better passer in Philly, but he was working with an older version of Vick that was damaged from injuries and mental baggage as well. The crazy thing with Elway is that we also had Marino in the same draft. Both of those dudes had insane physical talent and lived up to the hype.