I'd rather have Verse than Maye or Nix (or god forbid JJ McCarthy). Sorry. Mahomes, Hurts, Allen, none were top 2, or even top 5, picks.
It's Caleb or bust this year, and Panthers aren't winning again. Bears may have a QB, but he's going first regardless.
How many Super Bowls have the Texans, Jags, or Bengals won?
how competitive would the Texans be without Stroud, Jags without Lawrence or Bengals without Burrow?
the whole “Allen, Mahomes etc weren’t first overall picks or the first QB taken therefore it’s better to take a non-QB” thing makes no sense
no one is saying you can’t find a QB after the top 2-3 picks. No one is saying the other QB’s drafted surely won’t succeed. But that’s like saying “Brady was a 6th, so clearly day 3 QB’s can win”. Sure, the rare exception can but the hit rate is tiny. It would take extraordinary luck or a huge sample to find a good 6th round QB.
you need a franchise QB to win in the NFL these days. And there’s a much higher hit rate on QB prospects the higher up you go in the draft. Brock Purdy and Brady are great stories because of how rare they are.
The idea that Maye or Daniels is less likely to be a transformative acquisition than Jared Verse, Joe Alt or whomever is just wrong. Every draft pick comes with large bust potential but if you hit on your QB, the upside vastly outweighs any other position.
the talent difference between teams 4-24 in this league is thin except at the QB (and perhaps WR now). Look at how badly some of these otherwise tough competitive teams look without their franchise guy.