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Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey

but clausen isn't a franchise QB because he wasn't drafted in the first round.....

The point is that the self-proclaimed experts were claiming that Clausen was a franchise quarterback worthy of the fifth overall pick. Clearly they were wrong. And they were ready to condemn Pioli and Haley if the chiefs didn't take either him or Berry at five.

How would they know that Clausen was a franchise quarterback? Because it was obvious? If it was so obvious to them why wasn't it obvious to every team in the league. I'm no expert but even I had reservations. Now, he may prove to be a franchise quarterback but that isn't the point, either. McCoy or Tebow could prove to be a franchise quarterback.

What this proves is that their evaluation of Clausen did not jibe with the rest of the league. And it validates the opinions of those who had reservations about Clausen. It proves that the know-it-alls didn't have it right. And it was probably because they invested themselves in the conventional wisdom instead of coming to their own conclusions.