Do You Unequivocally Believe RG3 Is Our Franchise QB?

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Originally Posted by skinsguy

Doesn't matter if Joe Montana was drafted in '79 or 2009, it doesn't change the fact that in every year, there's almost always players drafted in later rounds that wind up having great NFL careers, if not Hall of Fame careers. This will continue to be true as long as the NFL exists.

You seem to think that teams who do not have a round one pick are severely handicapped and have to choose from a list of players who were passed up by other teams. Simply not the case. While some players occasionally drop out of the first round, most players go in the rounds that they were projected to be drafted in. That doesn't mean that round one picks live up to that potential, as well as it doesn't mean later round picks are left overs. My simple point - which is why I mentioned Bobby Beathard - is that finding great players for great value is where general managers make their money. That is often where championships are earned. And that will always be the case as long as the NFL exists.

And for most of the Snyder era, we have traded draft picks away like cheap confetti. While I'm still in favor of the Griffin trade, here are a few stinkers that come to mind:

2004: Trading Champ Bailey AND a #2 to Denver for Portis. Denver should have been giving us their #2 given the value of a shutdown CB.
2004: Trading a #3 for Mark Brunnell (he was about to get cut by Jax)
2006: Trading a #3 and #4 for Brandon Lloyd
2006: Trading a 2007 #3 and #4 for T.J. Duckett
2009: Trading a #2 for Jason Taylor
2010: Trading a #2 for McNabb
2010: Trading a #3 for Jammal Brown

I probably missed some. There are good players to be found in rounds 2 thru 4, so my point is that we consistently traded away our best resource for finding value-priced talent and quality depth. This has been an ongoing organizational FAIL for years. God forbid if Griffin doesn't develop into a franchise QB in the next couple years since he cost three #1 picks and a #2.