Not a Kirk Problem, But Kirk isn't the solution

My plan was to blow it up a while ago, but that ship has sailed I guess. I don't put Lamar in that category. Didn't put Deshaun there either. Woudln't have traded for Wilson. Certainly wouldn't go for Erin. Allen is already looking like a mistake. Those big contracts all look bad just a year or two in. Mahomes is probably the only real exception there in that he truly is elite. The problem is that there aren't that many in said elite territory, and even the ones that qualify are so few and far between (and so expensive) that it doesn't matter. Despite being elite, one could argue that the only reason why Mahomes just got his second ring on his first expensive contract is because KC has done a FANTASTIC job of drafting cheap talent. Danchat Uncle, back me up on that, but based on what I've seen, they've defied some serious odds the last couple years, and that's after completely rebuilding their OLine after losing a SB last year due to Mahomes running for his life.  If they start having average drafts, their ability to build a decent team around Mahomes will suffer in a hurry given his cost.

I'd argue Kirk, if he had cost less, probably made sense for this team b/c you could have put a team around him. That, I think, is where Brady really shined. You can look at Brady's year over year stats. He was rarely (if ever?) a top 5 guy each season, yet he's a first ballot HOFer... because of his rings, not because of what he did at his position. That's wrong to some extent, and it really shows just how over valued the QB position has become in this game. Brady is a smart player. I'll go as far as to say that I would rate Brady's QB IQ in the same way I'd rate Bellichick's coaching IQ... both were/are head and shoulders above their peers in that area. But it is not Brady's talent that will put him into the hall. I think Raptorman is essentially saying that in other threads. Brady has always been on better teams and is willing to be paid less to be on better teams because he cares more about rings on his fingers than he does his paycheck. Not to mention those rings open up other avenues for getting paid. Kirk never did that, and I don't think he's going to age quite as well as Brady did... call me crazy. 

I don't want to knock Brady to be clear. He deserves to be there, but I think that does bring us to our problem. Kirk has historically taken far more money than he's been worth for his production. He's a good not great QB that has some flaws... and unfortunately, they get magnified by certain things that this team's FO hasn't been able to fix... and I'd add by things that will always be on display against elite teams. He could have Philly's line. He will still have some bad drives against an elite defense because he's not that mobile and tends to be a bit slow making his reads. To the OPs point, he's not the solution. 

Back to your point andhesloose28, I'm personally not a huge fan of trading multiple firsts, but yeah, I think at some point you probably have to sacrifice a couple to get the right guy. I won't argue that. Of course it doesn't look like it's going to be this year (not a deep class), and we literally have zero capital, so it's another year of the can being kicked down the road. I assume Kwesi and KOC are keeping an eye on that talent they plan on developing... I do hope they find it soon, but thus far, I'm not encouraged. As I see it, they pretty much have to add another year to Kirk's contract and hope and pray he's willing to play ball.  As I see it, we're pretty much forced to draft a guy next year.