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Originally Posted by htismaqe
MOST years there's some debate about the top guys in the draft. What happened last year is RARE.
and even when consensus happens, it can be wrong - see Alex Smith/Aaron Rodgers.
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2005 was weird. Rodgers was shunned due to Tedford. Smith was lauded in Urban Meyer's spread, in which no QB since has had any NFL success.
I honestly believe that had it not been for three years of film study and coaching from Mike McCarthy, Rodgers wouldn't have had nearly the success.
On the converse, Smith hasn't had the benefit of excellent coaching, year after year, until Harbaugh. And then Harbaugh dumped him.
The debate in 2004 wasn't even a debate: Two out of Three have won Super Bowls and Rivers is far from done.