There's been a lot of (mostly media) writing about "What will the Bucs do if not Winston?"
The answer is... find another QB.
But the other side is the Bucs are well in position to draft a good QB (based on previous years where QBs were drafted).
The metric of "successful" is not scientific, especially because there are some young QBs here. I chose to be inclusive rather than exclusive. Is Goff "successful"? You could strongly argue no, but I've included him rather than debate how much is him vs. McVay's success.
1-32 Jackson
1-10 Mahomes: Chiefs traded from the the 27th pick, cost 1st, 3rd, 2018 1st
1-12 Watson: Houston traded from 25th, cost that 1st as well as 2018 1st
1-1 Goff: Rams traded from 15th, cost 1st, two 2nds, 3rd, 2017 1st, 3rd (got Titans 4th & 6th)
1-2 Wentz: Eagles traded from 8th, cost 1st, 3rd, 4th
4-135 Prescott
2-62 Garoppolo
2-36 Derek Carr
1-1 Luck
3-75 Wilson
4-102 Cousins
1-1 Newton
2-25 Dalton
Good quarterbacks can be found at a lot of places, and certainly outside of the top 5. I mean, the 2019 MVP was drafted 32nd overall and the 2018 was drafted 10th overall. With the Bucs at 14th, both draft spots are very accessible in 2020.
The flip side is that QBs are very hard to find. In 10 years worth of drafts you have maybe 13 QBs who are "successful" and certainly some of those are on the fringe.
It also speaks to the importance of organization and coaching. Does Lamar Jackson because Lamar Jackson without Harbaugh? Mahomes without Reid? Impossible to answer - but the fact that many bad teams keep drafting QBs and missing while other teams find good QB play repeatedly partially answers that question.
The big point? If there's a franchise QB available after the 1st overall pick, the Bucs are well-positioned to get him (if they want).
