Exactly. If Pace doesn't draft a top notch qb this draft he is fired at the end of next season. If he drafts a top notch qb in round 1 or 2 he gets another 2 years of leeway at least.
What defines "top notch"? High pick, or "top notch starter" in rookie year on this marginal at best Offense??
^ ^ No. This is ignorantly short-sided impatient "fire-happy" thinking and the reason for failure on all the league's worst teams. Not saying this is you, but to the meatball mob & media, how can it not be painfully obvious this team won't be in the SB hunt next year, so what's the big rush to do X by year 3??...at the expense of starting over in year 4 if not? It's been said, but a mid-round developmental QB Pace really likes is better than a reach. There's no pleasing this mentality, unless he picks a 2nd or 3rd Rd. talent in the top 3 and also gets lucky the guy's a 1st year insta-hit? not likely to happen. What's a GM to do in response to this?? Seriously?
It took the Raiders several years and now they're tops in AFC. The damn RAIDERS!! With their old meddling owner out of the picture, they FINALLY let a GM do his job and were patient. Pace has proven to be a good scout so far, hardly an Emery or Angelo and those guys got much more rope. Chill. Besides...
There IS NO "top-notch" QB in this draft, despite the media pumping up a few favorites (like they do every year) that shit teams will always reach for every year. Yeah, let's join the Jacksonville/Browns top 5 Annual Draft party. Reaching for marginal talent is desperation & failure.
If he's got his for sure guy, grab him, but he's not one to reach beyond reason. Getting a QB he's not crazy about early "just because", robs the next few seasons of talent elsewhere including Offensive upgrades the QB will need to succeed.