(01-03-2020, 03:36 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-03-2020, 03:26 PM)JackCity Wrote: Both were elite franchise QB prospects to those of us who knew what we were looking at

Neither were elite prospects.  Just because one turns into a good pro doesn't mean he was an elite prospect.  If they were elite QB prospects a team would of drafted them much earlier.  Aaron Rodgers was a very good QB prospect but not elite.  A lot were talking about who would get drafted first between him and Smith and then he fell.  An elite prospect is a guy like Elway, Peton Manning, Luck, Burrow.  Those guys are elite prospects, why they go 1st overall.  Trent Richarson was an elite prospect but didn't pan out.  Aaron Curry was an elite LB prospect as was Justin Blackmon elite WR prospect.  You get prospect and how good one becomes as a pro mixed up

I think the issue here is you are using draft capital to determine if they were elite prospects or not and im using my opinion, which I had before they ever played in the NFL. 

Mitch was the #1 drafted QB that year but he wasn't an elite prospect in my eyes nor was he anywhere close to being the QB1, just because the NFL thought it doesn't change my evaluation.

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