Fire fox, cut jake, draft edwards, blah blah blah...bring on the aints.

However, the attitude of a winner is most certainly not. Here’s a checklist I came up with for a successful NFL skillset.

Arm Strength: Not just chucking it 80 yards downfield, I’m talking about completing passes with zip 15-20 yards down the field. Jay Cutler is a prime example, or Elway for the old timers. Can you take off the rose tinted glasses and evaluate this for Edwards?

Accuracy: From what I’ve heard, not seen, Edwards has accuracy. Most of what I’ve heard is from you though. For our offense Edwards will need accuracy for mid to deep range passes, we don’t really utilize short passing, and it’s not hard to be accurate on those anyways.

Height: It does help to see over the O-line. ; )

Mobility: I’m not talking about Vince Young or Mike Vick mobility, I’m talking about a sixth sense for when the rush is coming, and the ability to elude it, WHILE KEEPING YOUR EYES DOWNFIELD. Roethlisberger is a perfect example. He doesn’t just have wheels, he keeps his eyes downfield, always looking for a strike. Edwards is fast, but in the NFL everyone is fast.

Pro Style Offense: This one is very important, if they don’t play in a pro style offense in college, there is no way to know if they can make NFL throws and reads.

Leadership: The ability to rally the team around you when things get tough like Delhomme and Brady can, but Romo can’t, that is invaluable.

And here is Taters’ grades for Edwards

Arm Strength- (B-) Armanti does not throw a laser, at least I have not seen him do so, but his passes never float on him. The ball gets their in expected time when he throws with feet planted. On the run, as you would expect there is a bit more arc, and a little more power gets taken off the ball, however his throws on the run are rarely off target. See the video below at the 0:29, 0:56, 1:09 marks for an example of his "quick strike" throwing power and accuracy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prlxc1qaaLY

Accuracy- (A-) This is definately Armanti’s strong point. He is not prone to over or under throwing. He is able to hit his receivers in stride. Occasionally however, he will hit his moving target lower than you want, forcing the receiver to go down and get the ball, taking away any YAC. His accuracy on the run is ideal considering his mobility. See above video. Also see video at 3:22, where he throws on the run with enough touch to get it over a Michigan linebacker but just low enough for CoCo Hillary (a very small target) to pull it down and run with it.

Height- (D+) Armanti does not possess the prototypical QB build. However, the O-Line at App is fairly tall and he has not had problems throwing for them.

Mobility- (A-) Again, this is a strong point. Besides the ability to escape based on his speed alone, he is very good at stepping up in the pocket and keeping his eyes downfield. He has only been sacked 6 times so far this season. He shows good decision making, if he decides to run he isn’t going to pull up and try to pass last second. Early in his career, he relied to much on his legs, now he has done less running and more scrambling while trying to find his receivers. at 1:09 in the above video he stays in the pocket, feels the rush coming from both sides, and delivers a strike just as it gets there for a TD.

Pro Style Offense- (C-) In his first 3 seasons, the App playbook went to a spread offense to exploit the speed of Armanti and the team as a whole. This season, the spread is still dominant, but there are far less designed runs for Armanti. Coach Moore has put the ball in his hands more as a passer. He still comes from the spread. Not ideal for the pros. He will have a learning curve.

Leadership- (A+) Armanti does not have discipline problems. App is not the same team when he is not on the field. He has played hurt many times, in fact, he is basically playing hurt all the time because he takes some punishment from his running. He is the leader of his college team without quiestion, and the most recognized name in FCS football. The coach of Georgia Southern, whom we just trounced 52-16 had this to say about Armanti: "Armanti Edwards is the best player on the FCS level. Him and Tebow are probably the two best players in all of college football. We got kicked down, and we weren’t good enough to recover." “That was probably the biggest beatdown that I’ve ever really had.”

Based on one fans view, Edwards can be a success.

I’ve always preferred picking up a QB out of free agency. You normally have to draft QBs high, and I hate the idea of wasting a pick on a QB that busts. I say, find a QB that’s been developed elsewhere, make sure hes gonna fit your scheme, and plug him in. Of course you can afford do that when your running game is as strong as ours. Hell, we don’t need John Elway. We just need someone who can protect the ball, and turn around and feed it to Williams and Stewart. I mean, we don’t really have the staff to develop a QB, so we’ll have to take a very skilled QB out of the draft, which means risking a high pick on a position that seems to bust more often than not. At least if we want to win right away.

If we could get Campbell, I think that would be a good move. I don’t care for a lot of the guys on your list, and I would take Campbell over most of them. He would cost less and could start right away. If we get any of these rookies, except maybe the top two or three, then they will be back-ups to jake next year. Campbell could beat him out in camp, and it is likely that the redskins draft a qb in the first round.

i would rather bring in a veteran receiver than draft one high unless there is a can’t-miss value when we pick, but those are rare…calvin johnson, crabtree, not too many others.

i think we may still be looking to draft a pass rusher with the first pick if pep is gone. but i think he’ll sign a long-term deal before the playoffs. i also think we’ll make the playoffs as a 9-7 wildcard, starting with a win over the saints this weekend.

Even in Houston’s 1 loss this season he had 5 TDs. I know he’s a Junior, but I think some Jr’s will be coming out.

10 mil or so.

Now what do you think the QB’s were doing on the bench, painting their fingernails? They are learning the position, not nearly as effective as throwing them into the fire right away, but still. Here’s the biggest reason we should draft a QB, early if Campbell isn’t available, we have so much talent at all the other immediate contribution positions that we aren’t making the team better by drafting there. Which brings me to point B, our team is talented enough that we don’t need those guys to step in and contribute right away, our team is talented enough that the guys we bring in at QB and WR, our biggest needs, can feed off the talent and excel.