Looking back at the '09 and '10 drafts, it's probably just as well we didn't draft a QB those years because the only QB of note to come out of those two classes is Matthew Stafford and we would have had to have the number 1 overall pick to get him.  Also, we would have had to have had the number 1 overall pick in 2011 and 2012 to land either Cam Newton or Andrew Luck.  The only noteworthy QBs during the Gene Smith era that we were in position to draft but passed on were Andy Dalton and Russell Wilson.  That's a pretty difficult period to navigate for any team without a QB.  Gene might have a case that he was a victim of circumstance but not having any of the players he drafted ascend to pro bowl caliber or even above average at their position really cements him as a bad GM.

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