If the goal is to make the playoffs and then worry about the QB position every off season because of declining play and possible retirement then Rodgers is your guy.
2023 AR12 ----> 2025 AR15 Lamar 2.0
The goal is to win now because half this team won't be here when they're gonna get paid whether it's Rodgers or anyone else
Having Rodgers doesn't threaten drafting another prospect .
But theres no reality where we draft AR in the 1st . Not unless we're unloading other players for current draft capital
The elephant in the room is most fans see young talent and finally want to have patience. That went out the window when Saleh refused to replace Knapp and put way too much faith in LaFleur . The same things people feel good about with the current status of this roster were brought to you by the people who will be carrying their excrement in a cardboard box next February if they're not in the playoffs .
This changes the dynamics of how you build the roster to keep people employed .
The whole goal of this is to win rings . Complaining about mortgaging potential for the tangible is senseless given the current status of the FO and the fact this window will slam closed. We've got 3 years worth of 1st rd picks and 4 1st rd talents (Hall) in 1 yr .
You're going to want yo keep costs down 4 or 5 years from now.
Their current cost is what makes this all sensible even if you eat 2 years of dead cap on the back end
I think we're either getting AR or Carr. And if your first rd is still in tact you get OL or WR.
I'd take AR in the 2nd in quite a few scenarios . I can't imagine taking him at 13 in any of them and feeling like we've made the best use of our resources vs the options out there
The only reality I see that happening is if you settle for Jimmy G or Brisset or Minshew as the band aid and you think AR is the answer.
But either road you're relying on JD to make good on any mid rd picks for the next 4 yrs to sustain the roster due to the likelihood of needing to pay at least 3 big deals in 4 yrs
So again. We can almost certainly make a deep run now
Or
We can hope someone who looks like a good prospect carries us in 2 yrs
Like we felt witb Zach like we felt with Sam like we felt with Mark like we felt with Chad
If we got him in a trade down I'd be cool but not at 13.
There's gonna be some serious talent that gets pushed down to 13 with the run on QBs and we can either pick someone or likely trade down for good value . Which ties back into my late 1st grade on him
The dearth of quality qb play is gonna make 3 qbs in the top 10 very routine regardless if they deserve it or not
All of this might be moot if AR destroys the combine and gets the Zach wilson rise and he's not even on the board at 13
