Not being accusatory or anything but did you cut it off right at 35 years to not include Harbaugh as a first rounder in the 87 draft? Maybe that’s just me showing my age haha but the other thing I would say is the draft isn’t the exclusive use of first round picks, we used a first rounder on Rick Meyer in the 90s, we used two first rounders to trade for Cutler, and we used two first rounders on Fields who as you said is the best prospect of that group. So in other words in the last 36 years we have used nine first rounders on the quarterback position, literally 25% of all of our first round picks. And there’s also the simple reality that you do need to have talented guys around quarterbacks for them to fully develop. but in terms of resource allocation, we have put a ton into the quarterback position.
Not being accusatory or anything but did you cut it off right at 35 years to not include Harbaugh as a first rounder in the 87 draft? Maybe that’s just me showing my age haha but the other thing I would say is the draft isn’t the exclusive use of first round picks, we used a first rounder on Rick Meyer in the 90s, we used two first rounders to trade for Cutler, and we used two first rounders on Fields who as you said is the best prospect of that group. So in other words in the last 36 years we have used nine first rounders on the quarterback position, literally 25% of all of our first round picks. And there’s also the simple reality that you do need to have talented guys around quarterbacks for them to fully develop. but in terms of resource allocation, we have put a ton into the quarterback position.