Joe Flacco

[Brando19]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PUVjmXq9vUk&feature=related

This guy really impresses me. He's 6'6", which has it's ups and downs, and he reminds me alot of Big Ben. Watch the deep ball challenge in the youtube video, he blows away the competition with a 74 yard throw. I would love the Packers to draft this guy in the 2nd round (or even use both 2nd rounders to go up and get this guy.)
If we can't get Flacco, I would be just as happy with Dennis Dixon of Oregon. If he wasn't injured halfway through the season, I believe he'd have won the Heisman.

[RashanGary]

I was hot on him for a while. You watch his highlights and he HAS an NFL arm and looks like an NFL QB.

However, he's said to be a somewhat poor decision maker. I didn't look much into Brohm becauase early in the off season he was considered a high pick and I just wasn't in the mood to read up on QB's. After reading, Brohm is the kind of consistant passer and solid decision maker that tends to have success in the NFL. Hasselback, Grossman, Ganon, Warner, Brady, Brad Johnson, Dilfer, Manning, Manning, etc. . . These are SB contending QB's recently. They're all pretty similar. Brady is taller and has a big arm. The rest are good, solid athletes that make good decisions and can throw the ball where they want it to be. Brohm seems like that type of guy. Flacco has that big time upside where maybe he becomes another Big Ben, but Brohm seems to fit that successfull QB mold in the NFL.

[Deputy Nutz]

I don't get why you would spend two 2nd round picks for a back up QB, and the last thing this team needs is a qb controversy.

Honestly I think you can get guys like John David Booty, Matt Flynn, and Andre Woodson for your back ups. Good guys that might not have the elight physical skills but could come in and effectively manage a game if Rodgers went down. Woodson has the best chance of being a starter in the league, but he is not polished, good prospect to coach up for the future.

[LL2]

I don't get why you would spend two 2nd round picks for a back up QB, and the last thing this team needs is a qb controversy.

Honestly I think you can get guys like John David Booty, Matt Flynn, and Andre Woodson for your back ups. Good guys that might not have the elight physical skills but could come in and effectively manage a game if Rodgers went down. Woodson has the best chance of being a starter in the league, but he is not polished, good prospect to coach up for the future.

I agree. Now way should TT spend two 2nd rd picks on a QB. I would pick up a prospect like Booty in the later rounds. Wolf always drafted a prospect in the later rounds and ended up getting a few good ones that ended up being traded.

[motife]

Fantasy Football Breaking News
Flacco draws mixed reviews
Joe Flacco - QB - CLG - Apr. 19 - 8:40 am et
One scout for a team that had a private workout with Delaware QB Joe Flacco called it "arguably the most impressive quarterback workout I've ever seen."
Other scouts are worried about his height. Since 1988, the only quarterback 6-6 or above to find success has been the Browns' Derek Anderson. Teams are obviously aware of the draft history on the tallest quarterbacks, but Anderson's success last season has likely helped Flacco's value. Apr. 19 - 8:40 am et
Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

[sheepshead]

This is one draft I think TT has a hard on for one or maybe 2 of these guys and if he's there TT pulls the trigger. I agree with the argument that we shouldn't waste the pick however. Just a feeling.

p.s. love the avatar motife-good to see you.

[Fritz]

I don't get why you would spend two 2nd round picks for a back up QB, and the last thing this team needs is a qb controversy.

Honestly I think you can get guys like John David Booty, Matt Flynn, and Andre Woodson for your back ups. Good guys that might not have the elight physical skills but could come in and effectively manage a game if Rodgers went down. Woodson has the best chance of being a starter in the league, but he is not polished, good prospect to coach up for the future.

I just don't get how anybody here thinks drafting a QB in the late first or second round is going to generate a AB controversy. No rookie QB is going to come in and take Rodgers's job away. It's just not going to happen. A rookie QB - even one who will, eventually, be very good - is a deer in the headlights. Maybe Peyton Manning was the exception, but there are no Peyton Mannings in this draft.

[ahaha]

I don't get why you would spend two 2nd round picks for a back up QB, and the last thing this team needs is a qb controversy.

Because the Packers have solid talent at every position group with decent young players as depth pretty much everywhere except for QB. If you look at the back-ups, the QB position is by far the most lacking. I don't know if Brohm, Flacco, or Henne is worth it, but if Thompson sees something in scouting one of these guys, the trade would make sense.
As for a quarterback controversy, the only way that happens is if Rodgers plays terrible or struggles with injuries. If he does, wouldn't it be nice to have the hope of young, high round talent at the position?

[dissident94]

I believe our greatest need is qb. If he rates high i would take flacco with our 1st.
I can'r believe anyone doesn't feel we need a qb. We have no one basically that has ever started. Arod could be great. But if he isn't we are in serious trouble for the next decade.
Just ask Miami and Denver how they have been looking to replace their qbs. We need a backup qb, but also an insurance if Rodgers sucks

[gbgary]

wait wait wait...qb controversy? if there's a guy available who's better than Arod you take him. championships are built on qb play. you don't let the next team have one when YOU can get one. we all loved majik but brett caught Wolf's eye and the rest is history. i'm not saying this guy is the next great qb, i'm just saying if you can get better, at the most important position on the field, you do it!!

[Fritz]

Okay, let me say this again: no matter who you take in the draft this year - no matter which QB - there will be no QB controversy this year.

I'm not saying Rodgers is going to be great. Not at all. My point is that if you draft a QB, in his first year he's just not going to be ready to compete with a vet - even one like Rodgers, who has mostly sat. Rookie QB's just have too big a leap to make.

Now, if you draft a really good QB, then next year he might be ready to make a push. But not this year.

I can't really imagine TT not drafting a QB this year. Don't know who or what round, but I just can't imagine him carrying two old, decrepit backups. One, for sure. But not two.

[RashanGary]

I believe our greatest need is qb. If he rates high i would take flacco with our 1st.
I can'r believe anyone doesn't feel we need a qb. We have no one basically that has ever started. Arod could be great. But if he isn't we are in serious trouble for the next decade.
Just ask Miami and Denver how they have been looking to replace their qbs. We need a backup qb, but also an insurance if Rodgers sucks

I agree. If Thompson likes Flacco better than the rest at #30 then the worst thing he can do is pass on him thinking he has it all figured out with Rodgers. Rodgers deserves a chance. That's it. He does not deserve 1, 2, 3 years on the job. He deserves it until something better comes along and Thompson owes it to Packer fans to do whats best for the team. He owes nothing to Rodgers and nobody knows what Rodgers has until he plays. Right now QB is as big of a need as any other position IMO. If we had a 26 yr old MVP Brett Favre I would passon 1st round QB's, but other than a superstar under a long term deal, there is no reason to stop bringing in competition. No reason to pass on potential stars with valuable draft picks when all you have is a question mark.

[packers11]

As much as i'd love to see the packers pick up Flacco, i dont think there is any way in hell T.T. does it...

The qb controversy it would create would be enormous, and I don't think he would want to send any mixed messages to Rodgers...

Flacco is the best QB out of the draft in my opinion because I love the strong arm he has, and I would love to see the packers get him at #30 to compete with Rodgers, but I don't see it happenning.

[motife]

This is one draft I think TT has a hard on for one or maybe 2 of these guys and if he's there TT pulls the trigger. I agree with the argument that we shouldn't waste the pick however. Just a feeling.

p.s. love the avatar motife-good to see you.

There needs to be fierce competition at every position. I don't feel anyone should go into the season resting on their laurels, particularly if they don't really have any.

A majority of the big QB talent finds have been LATE round picks. Tom Brady, Trent Edwards, Derek Anderson, Kurt Warner, Trent Green, Matt Hasselbeck, David Garrard, Tony Romo, Matt Shaub, Mark Brunell.

as for the avatar, thanks. I haven't got over Steve irwin or Milton Friedman dying. Now WFB? It's too much.

[Brando19]

I really like ARod, but the man gets injured too often. I say draft Flacco or Dixon and let them be his backup. What happens if Rodgers goes down Week 2 and is out the year? Do you think TT calls Brett? I doubt it. Who would you rather have...Nall or Flacco? I choose Joe all day.