Quote:Whhhhhhaat? Who are these guys who knew Leftwich would never make it after 13 starts? I'll tell you who, they are either rainman style savants or flat out liars. Going into 2005 this was Byron's team.

 

You what else QBs are, the most expensive thing in football. With the salary cap and the old CBA, nobody is taking QBs in the top 10 twice, it would be madness.

 

I hate to keep revisiting history because it really doesn't agree with what you say. Roethlisberger was not this cast iron absolutely must be BAP on every board player. Nobody traded up for Roethlisberger, you dont think if someone had offered a big trade to pick him someone would have taken it wouldn't they, but no.

 

No one traded up for him because they knew shack harris didn't have the stones to take him.

 

I still recall the radio broadcast during the draft, Vic was yelling into the microphone that if the Jaguars can't trade the pick they have to take Roethlisberger. I can recall how deflated he sounded when the Reggie Williams pick was announced.

 

I can also recall Gene Smith on the radio telling the JTW gang of Brian Vic and Lags that he and Del Rio both wanted Roethlisberger during the draft when the team was on the clock and that Harris was the guy that insisted in taking Williams.

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