Quote:You don't draft in hindsight, which you're using for your post-valuation.  Follow your board.  You don't draft someone you've graded sixth round in the first.  It's asinine, even if it is Tom Brady.  Tom Brady didn't become Tom Brady until after the fact.  Drafting isn't taking a guy as early/high as you can... it's the exact opposite.  That's what makes it so difficult.  Not everyone understands the concept because it's counter intuitive, but once realized it's a moment of clarity on the topic.

 

Plus... I don't see any sure franchise candidate in this draft.  That doesn't mean I don't think we should take one, it's just that I don't see any worth the first overall pick of this draft (and perhaps not even our third.)

Drafting 101?  Excuse me for saying so, but it's all rather self-evident.  Hindsight is, however, the only way you can evaluate how well you drafted.  Not only the performance of the players you chose, but also that of those you didn't.  How many GM's are asking themselves how they "missed" on Russell Wilson?  How many may have had Gabbert on their board for later in the first or an early second and have since sent Gene Smith a thank-you card?

 

Drafting at any position is a gamble, even more so at QB. As you mentioned, it's also a poker game with 32 players at the table.

 

I don't know if any QB in this draft can be THE GUY, but it's obvious we're going nowhere without a decent starter.

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