I hate to say it but a good NFL QB has a greater impact over a HOF DE.
Maybe, but that doesn't mean you take a good QB over a HOF DE.
How difficult is it to find a good QB?
How difficult is it to find a HOF DE?
Well, based on the numbers it is a lot easier to find a good QB. And there are plenty of good QBs that never reach a SB. But look at all the HOF DEs. Most of them have played in a SB.
I'll take the HOF DE over the good QB every time, and just keep looking for my good QB. More than half the teams in the NFL have a good QB right now. You can find them all over the place. We aren't talking about great QBs, that's a different story.
And we aren't talking about good DEs, either. We are talking about all time great players like Deacon Jones, Reggie White, Bruce Smith, Michael Strahan, and Howie Long. If you pass on them and end up with a Matt Hasselbeck, you messed up.
I realize that Houston's pick will come down to Clowney or Bortles. And if they don't feel very strongly that Bortles is a lot closer to Roethlisberger than Hasselbeck, then they should take Clowney and I think they will.