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Originally Posted by KChiefs1
Watching Bill Polian on 30 for 30 made me think of this.
https://www.thebiglead.com/2018/10/0...webb-over-him/
Bill Polian, the living illustration of old man yelling at clouds, said that he would take A.J. McCarron over any of the quarterbacks in the 2017 NFL Draft. Reminder: that includes Patrick Mahomes, DeShaun Watson (who has thrown 26 touchdown passes in 10 starts), and Mitch Trubisky. Meanwhile, McCarron couldn’t beat out Nathan Peterman (also a later round pick from the 2017 NFL Draft) who is one of the worst opening day starters of all-time. |
Bill Polian is a HOF GM. He never "discovered" a QB.
Jim Kelly was already drafted by Buffalo and seasoned in the USFL when Polian took over. Polian did convince Kelly to finally join Buffalo (Did Kelly have a choice?).
He drafted Peyton Manning over Ryan Leaf with 1st overall pick. Good but most GMs would have. Manning had that pedigree.
And he drafted Kerry Collins with a top pick in Carolina.
I think Polians issue with QBs recently is that the ideas for scouting QBs 30 years ago don't work so well now.