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Outside of Sac and a couple others, nobody called Geno a "clean" prospect.
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The narrative was to take him at 1.1 and sit him.
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But, like any draft, all you can hope for (when you need a quarterback) is that you evaluate properly and come out with the best you could get.
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And based on the pre-draft information that had been floating around since January, teams, coaches, scouts and mock drafters called this the worst draft for QB's in recent memory.
Judging by the lack of QB's taken early, that assessment was dead on, despite the fact that, once again, the Chiefsplanet narrative was that everyone leaking information was stupid and a "True Fan". Also, "Tons of QB's would go early because there's no risk due to the new CBA".
Wrong again.
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No prospect is perfect.
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Perfect? No. Close to it? Yes. Luck, Manning and Elway come to mind.
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I don't see this as any different than passing on Rodgers for DJ...or passing on Flacco for Albert and Glenn Dorsey...
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Of course it's different. The Chiefs were choosing 1.1. They were not choosing 25th. They didn't want to take a
major risk at 1.1, especially when everyone that evaluated and interviewed the available crop of QB's in this draft felt anything other than "meh" about the entire class.
Rodgers fell but he was still a first rounder. Flacco was a "reach" but he was still a first rounder.
Conversely, Smith fell to the second round. He wasn't worthy of a first round selection or 1.1. Barkley and Wilson fell to the fourth. Glennon to the third (and wow, I just can't see that working out at all in Arizona). Bray went undrafted.
This scenario is not like passing on Rodgers or Flacco.
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Until we get THAT GUY, this failed template should be scrapped.
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In favor of what, exactly? Drafting a QB just to draft a QB? That's ludicrous.
John Dorsey and Andy Reid were and are not under any obligation to draft a QB unless they deem that QB worthy of the draft slot.
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Hopefully, Reid can keep Alex progressing like he has been the last couple years and make fools of us guys that want the team to draft a quarterback.
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As with KC Tattoo, this is a false narrative. There isn't a single person in this forum that would have objected to Andrew Luck or RGIII had either been available at 1.1. There may have been a few that objected to Sam Bradford and Cam Cameron, but both would have been wrong. And anyone that would have objected to Matt Ryan obviously didn't understand the issues with his surrounding cast in college.
The bottom line is that there were no slam dunks in this draft. There weren't even any guys that you could positively project as a long term starter.
It was a draft filled with QB's with question marks and very real risks. I personally have no problem with passing on guys with those issues.