Everybody has heard all the trendy names by now: Daniel Jones. Ryan Finley. Will Grier. The three quarterbacks have been tied to New England in one mock draft or another.

The Patriots shouldn’t draft any of them. They shouldn’t pick any quarterback at all or trade for one. The quarterbacks on the 2018 roster should be the same ones on the 2019 roster. Forget the succession plan. Focus on success right now.

The Patriots are committed to Tom Brady being their starting quarterback in 2019. If they’re going to try to get another championship out of the Brady-Bill Belichick marriage, they should use their picks, especially the high ones, on guys that can help right now.

If there’s a prospect at any other position, who can make a difference in winning one game, it’s worth grabbing that guy. That one game could be the difference between a bye or no bye, home field or a road game. It’s not worth spending one of those picks on a quarterback now, or trading any of them for Josh Rosen.

Among the more persistent offseason NFL rumors has the Cardinals trading Josh Rosen to New England

If New England feels strongly about Boise State’s Brett Rypien late, maybe he’s worth a gamble in the sixth or seventh if he’s still there. Maybe. But he appears to be rising.

There are no sure thing quarterbacks in this draft especially at any point where the Patriots are picking.

Yes there is value to thinking about the succession plan at quarterback. Tom Brady in 2018 wasn’t quite as good as Tom Brady in 2017. His passing yards dipped a little (4,577 to 4,355) and his interceptions jumped a little (eight to 11). It might have been age. It might have been injury. It doesn’t matter. He was plenty good enough to win another Super Bowl and good enough to commit to going all-in for 2019.

Finding immediate replacements for Rob Gronkowski, Trey Flowers and Trent Brown is a lot more urgent.

The two best quarterback handoffs in history - Joe Montana to Steve Young and Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers - produced just one championship for the second guys. Young is in the Hall of Fame and Rodgers will be. In other words, replacing a great quarterback with another one isn’t a guarantee of continued success and none of the draft choices at any point in the draft, or Josh Rosen, feel like the next Young or Rodgers.

It’s worth waiting a least a year for potential quarterback quality too. Headlined by Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Oregon’s Justin Herbert, the 2020 quarterback class is expected to be better than the mostly mediocre current one. With the possible compensatory picks New England will get from Flowers and Brown’s departurees, they could decide to move up and grab a more promising guy than anyone available this April.

They should chase the championship opportunity that’s in front of them right now. The starter for 2026 is a problem for another day.

Follow MassLive sports columnist Matt Vautour on Twitter at @MattVautour424.