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Taking a QB in the second round isn’t a long-term plan

May 3, 2019, 3:36 PM

Since the 2019 NFL Draft ended, some in Broncos Country have been putting forth the notion that John Elway’s master plan all along was to select Drew Lock in the second round. According to the theory, Denver’s general manager knew that the Missouri quarterback would fall out of day one, so he hatched a plan to get him on day two.

It’s a decent idea, especially in hindsight, but that doesn’t mean it’s true. And one person in particular isn’t buying it – FM 104.3 The Fan’s D-Mac.

The co-host of “The Drive” (M-F | 3p-6p) has long suggested that any quarterback taken after the 19th overall pick in the draft should be viewed as a backup quarterback. If they turn into anything beyond that, it’s a bonus. So it’d be foolish for a team to think they can find their long-term answer at that point in the draft.

Recently, D-Mac took to Twitter to connect this belief to the Broncos selection of Lock. It opened a giant can of worms, to put it mildly.

The suggestion that Lock is a backup QB led to some spirited debate. In Broncos Country, he’s seen as the “quarterback of the future,” with Joe Flacco simply serving as the bridge to what lies ahead. But D-Mac isn’t buying that idea, mainly because of his theory about non-first-round quarterbacks. But there’s also something fishy about the chain of events.

How fascinating? Well a long string of tweets provided the answer.

Whew. There’s a lot to digest there. But the bottom line is pretty simple…

Yes, some second-round quarterbacks turn into quality starters, players who give their team a chance to win. But it’s clearly the exception to the rule. More often than naught, teams that find a long-term QB solution on day two of the draft do so because of a lucky chain of events.

Did that happen with the Broncos and Lock? Well, that’s certainly what Broncos Country is hoping.

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