Bearfacts wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:20 pm
The Marshall Plan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:07 pm
It would take brass balls of epic proportions to trade down from 1 now. If Poles really likes Maye or Daniels, OK great, but dang the optics of that.
Following this move I don't really think Poles cares as much about optics as he does winning and for that we should be grateful at least for now. Nothing has changed relative to the risk level he's taking if he drafts CW and we end up with another failed attempt at drafting a franchise QB. He knows it too. But from what I've seen of him he does have brass balls. He's got his way of doing stuff.
Swifty pointed out today that Poles if finally ready to plant his flag on this team lock stock and barrel. From this point on all success or failure will roll up on him as GM. This is his plan. He'll be accountable for it all the way and I don't think he'd want it any other way and neither so we as fans. He's really taken the lead now so let's see what he does with it. Can't be worse than Phil Emery right?
The over arching concept this whole time that I have said a few times is that I trust Ryan Poles.
The turnaround he has done here has been nothing short of massively impressive. What he did with last year's #1 overall pick might be the most impressive trade any NFL GM has ever done; including the Herschel Walker trade based on how this turns out for us.
If Ryan Poles believes that Caleb Williams is the best QB for this team, then I'm on board with it.
I advocated my ass off for JF1, but none of us here, including the Caleb guys, have even the slightest amount of resources and insight into these decisions that Poles does.
I can think whatever I want, but the reality is that our GM, who has done some impressive work for us fans, thinks the best direction at QB is somebody else.
OK, let's see what happens. Once Caleb's name is called for us, I'll be one of his biggest supporters.