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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I think the most important thing that Grossman brings to the table is the fact that in his two games against NFC East teams he was able to play at the level we were expecting from McNabb when we acquired him from Philly. Still in looking at Grossmans numbers as well as Cutlers I can now see why Shanahan would be comfortable taking someone like Locker.

The fact of the matter is that this offense isn't a high completion offense to begin with. Elway, who's considered the best Shanahan QB had 61% as his best completion percentage in four years with Shanny as a head coach. In the other three years Elway had completion percentages of 58, 55, and 56 percent.

Plummer in his best year had a 60.7% completion rate. With a high of 62.6% in 11 games during his first year in Denver.

Schuab is probably the first truly accurate QB to ever play in the Shanahan system. Which begs the question, do we settle for the 55-61% range due to the fact that Shanahan has had success with QB's like that or do we wait it out and look for someone that will post 63% on a bad year while still throwing downfield (a la Schuab).

The post-Shanahan era is just as important in determining the value of draft choices as is their value to Shanahan's team.