Quote:But we do know for certain that Manziel and Bridgewater weren't taken in the Top 10.  We also know that Bridgewater's pro-day was bad enough to drop his draft status. There were plenty of QB needy teams that passed on them.  Bridgewater would have likely fallen out of the 1st if Norv Turner hadn't fallen in love with him, thinking he was the best QB in the class.  I think we can safely say even if Bortles hadn't been picked in the Top 10, he'd be picked in the 1st round.  

 

The media is often behind on who teams really like.  Geno Smith wasn't the first QB picked either.  Unless it's an obvious choice, they're probably wrong.  

 

We will know in 3 years exactly what order the top 3 QB's from the 2014 NL draft sould have been taken, maybe even sooner.

 

It will be interesting following all 3 to see how it all shakes out. Heck, there may even be another QB or so from this class that emerges into someone who should have been taken somewhere around where these QB's were taken, if not sooner.

 

We'll see.

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