Quote:If you really look back, it was poor drafting not poor draft positions that had us stuck in no mans land. Take Ben instead of Reggie, take Suggs instead of Leftwhich, take  Wilson instead of Anger, and so on

Wilson is 100% completely hindsight.  Taking Anger was dumb.  But to say we should have picked Wilson is hindsight.  Might as well say we should have picked Tom Brady instead of Emanuel Smith.  With the benefit of hindsight it's easy to do things better.  GM's do not have that opportunity.


You can also say: Imagine we were in a position to draft Andrew Luck.

 

Bad drafting has hurt us.  But position hasn't helped either.  Without hindsight, what Quarterbacks were available to Gene Smith?  In 2009 the first QB taken after our pick?  Josh Freeman.  2010?  Tim Tebow.  2011?  Christian Ponder.  Some of which wasn't a matter of draft position.  But when a QB did become available, we weren't in a position to get them, and were stuck with the one Gene went with (whereas now, Caldwell decided to wait and passed on Geno Smith).  

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