Not drafting a QB a mistake?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by 30gut

Enough of the preamble. The QBs I liked for Jay are Garrett Grayson, Sean Mannion, Bryce Petty (would have been hella awkward though w/ Griffin lol) UDFAs (or select in the 7th round) Shane Carden and Jamiel Showers

What you call preamble I call spit in the wind. So here's the key question, bringing it down to practical terms:

Garrett Grayson was taken with the 75th pick. Meaning to get him we could have either:

- Taken him at 38 instead of Preston Smith. Would you have done that?

OR

- Not traded with Seattle and taken Grayson at the top of the 3rd instead. So we would have taken Grayson instead of Matt Jones, Arie Kouandjio, and Kyshoen Jarrett (the players chosen with the picks acquired from Seattle). Would you have done that?

If yes, then you don't agree with McLoughan's decision based on what was available at the time. If not, then you do, and thus passing on Grayson was not a mistake.

This line of thinking can be applied to each of the QBs you mention to determine whether you support McLoughan's moves or not. Please deal in specifics based on what actually happened during the draft and what was available at our picks, otherwise I'm uninterested in listening further.