@pkr_north posted:I guess the 'out' situation, still costs 17m unless some team picks the whole thing up and we can make a trade. this could be handled by not making the pick...they either mis-calculated the pick, ie: should have NOT made the pick or mis-calculated making 12's money for a longer term. they also converted some $ to guaranteed to get cap savings, i can't remember if that affected the overall term or anything...the team screwed that up one way or the other. if they could have even 'sniffed' there would be a good crop of qb's coming into the draft in the next few years, why extend 12 at all? just use the franchise tag after his contract runs out...that would actually make sense to me and gives us a 'direction' on wtf they are doing.
There's always a good crop of QBs coming out. 3 first round QBs are about the norm. Sometimes 4 and occasional 5 but there are also 2 and sometimes 1 or none.
The real question is if you can get one of the guys you like, especially if you are picking later int he round.
I suspect that the Packers didn't think Love would be in range when they picked at 30. I saw some rankings of him in the teens overall. To see him at 26 they probably said, WTF, that's value and moved up and got him. Not much more strategy beyond that. You take the players where they fall and if you see value on your board you try to make it happen.