Miles
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With Flacco signed, it would be a shame to draft a QB in the first round in my eyes. Would you consider Trace McSorley in rounds 5-6-7 maybe for a role similar to Taysom Hill at New Orleans? It gives the team a lot of versatility which other teams struggle with and apart from that, Trace McSorley -- what a name, that should be a comic-book character.
-- Jan Bergmans
I want to like McSorley more; he's definitely a gamer. However, the Hill comparison falls short because McSorley does not possess Hill's overall athleticism. McSorley's Combine 40 time was 4.57 seconds; Hill ran the 40 in 4.44 seconds at his 2017 pro day. McSorley had a vertical jump of 33 inches and a broad jump of nine feet, nine inches; Hill was five inches better in each category. If you put Hill among this year's Combine quarterbacks, the measurable portion of Hill’s on-field work would have been the best across the board, and comparable to an above-average running back.
Further, when you go to the quarterback position, McSorley's completion percentage last season (53.2) and for his college career (59.3) are below the 60.0 baseline that you would like to see. While completion percentage doesn't always translate, the quarterback who drastically improves his accuracy after being a sub-60-percent passer in college is rare.
Would there be any chance that Denver would trade the 10th pick or a big package of picks to New England for the rights to TE Rob Gronkowski?
-- Scott Thielemier
No. Given Gronkowski's injuries, declining production and the fact that he has announced his retirement and may only want to return in a familiar environment such as New England, that sort of deal would be the equivalent of throwing a wad of $100 bills into a roaring fire.