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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
I truly didn't have a favorite in this competition.
That said, didn't Steichen do exactly what he said he was going to do, and pick the most consistent guy.
How would it have been taken if Steichen went to the podium and said that, yeah, Daniel was more consistent, but we went with AR because he has more upside? Upside means nothing, and may never be achieved.
Also, I believe that this decision, almost definitively proves out that Irsay was AR's biggest backer, and pulling the strings for him to start, when Mishew was the better option. I don't believe that Carlie will make those same mistakes.
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Flacco was also more consistent the AR. His record was worse with the same team.
The team had no business drafting a QB they have no desire to develop.
For several years I criticized Ballard for not making win now moves to help support Rivers or Wentz or AR. I was constantly told it made sense to wait until they had a proven QB. Ballard was a genius doing the right thing. Now all of a sudden we apparently have the QB in Jones who has somehow shown more than Rivers or Wentz did in their careers. Now the team has to go into win now mode at the expense of their #4 overall draft pick. Have to love the logic. No wonder this team hasn’t won the worse division in the league in the last 10 years.