…will be a really good QB at the next level. I’ve watched OU play a couple times, and he seems to have the tools to make the throws and the intelligence to make the reads. Don’t forget about ol’ Timmy Tebow, either. That guy may force some poor offensive coordinator to entirely change his scheme.

Yes, this is a QB-heavy draft. And while many of them are not seniors, you can bet your next bar tab that none of them are going to roll the dice with the NFL collective bargaining agreement. If they feel they’ll lose a few million by returning to school for another year, they’ll be leaving with the quickness. No one wants to lose out on all that extra money in the top 10. Just ask Matt Leinart.

a bunch of rooks starting next year and pulling huge Brady Quinns. That’s not to say there’s not a lot of talent out there waiting in the wings but some of those kids are not going to be amazing out of the gate like Ryan and Flacco. Ryan and Flacco are the exception to the rule and I’m afraid a lot of teams are going to get burned if they start their rook QBs too early. Aaron Rodgers is a good example. He spent a few years under Farve’s wing learning the ropes so when he finally made his NFL debut, he was serviceable if not good. What if they had started him right away? I doubt he’d be a Ryan or Flacco.

So as we enter the 2009 draft, which from all angles I’m looking, will be quarterback heavy in the first and second rounds, I hope the decisions made post draft will be smart ones. I don’t want to see a habit of starting rooks next year just because the Falcons won the QB lottery. His success may also bring in a lot of junior draftees, thinking that his starting in the regular season will be the precedent for all teams. They will have to remember that Ryan earned his way to the top in the eyes of the coaches. Other rookies will have to do the same.

Yea I agree we will see a trend of a lot of these guys getting thrown in there. I already have predicted that Stafford will be starting game 1 for the Lions next year. And on the poll question when I say “absolutely” I refer to snowballs putting the entire league into a deep freeze then looting and pillaging the rest of the teams for wins.

As a Ravens fan I’ve obviously been thrilled with Flacco, but I think the fundamental missing piece is good coaching. Flacco in particular is playing so well because Cam Cameron has done an incredible job developing him, as he did with Drew Brees and Phillip Rivers in the past. Mike Mularkey did not come with nearly as much of a track record with developing quarterbacks, but I’m sure his work with Ryan played an integral role in Ryan’s development as well.

I suppose we can all hope this draft is like the 1983 draft that yielded three Hall of Fame quarterbacks, with hopefully a few more superbowl victories to spread between them. I do know that I’m going to get sick of Matt Ryan-Joe Flacco comparisons pretty freaking quickly.

This Ryan kid you speak of seems to be doing pretty well, as does Flacco. Personally, I think Henne and Brohm are almost sure things in the future if their teams don’t sabotage their development. 2008 should turn out to be a vintage year indeed.

But, I have a hard time seeing Stafford being a first year starter. He hasn’t had a quality O-line yet in college, and putting him in a game as fast as the NFL will be problematic for him, since he has trouble not forcing his throws in college. If he goes somewhere willing to sit him for a year or two, then he should be fine.

Also, Tim Tebow? He’ll be a pro-bowl fullback in no time.

Just not at the top of the draft. If you could get him somewhere in the middle rounds, he’d be a decent weapon.