Man, we're just not as close as we might have once thought we were. The great and surprising start to this 2022 campaign was quite inspirational but once the euphoria of the Wilson trade wore off we started seeing hole after hole. And I think many will agree that the best we saw in Geno is the best we will ever see. Love him or not, it would be difficult to argue that he's not maxed out. Which would be acceptable if he had years left on a team friendly contract. But, of course, that is not the case and suddenly QB is also a hole.
I don' t love any of the top QBs enough to use our 5 on one. And using such a high pick on one would be to neglect so many other areas of need, anyway. People freaked day after day about calling our situation a rebuild but I can't think of more user friendly term for it. But staying with QBs, I don't think we absolutely need a guy that will step right in and light it up. Our D is swiss cheese and our O line needs attention as well.
I like Hooker but he is pretty raw by NFL standards. The big knock on him is his age but that doesn't bother me as much as his feet when he's not on the move. But I think his feet can be fixed with some NFL coaching. He is intriguing to me if there when we pick in the 3rd or 4th.
If Tanner McKee is there for our #2 2nd rd pick, I'd grab him. He too is a bit of a project but his numbers lie. He played on a terrible team and with, IMO, some terrible coaching. Shaw was done quite some time ago, IMO. But I think McKee will one day be a top tier QB in this league.
Late round QB? Don't laugh but I'd grab Jake Haener in the 5th or 6th. Not your prototypical NFL QB, for sure. But the kid just wins football games. Is he a long term answer? Possibly not, but we wouldn't be using much draft capitol to find out.