When evaluating a GM you have to evaluate him not only on the picks he made, but how that compares to the performance of other GMs in the field.

Good example here is 2015 - we needed a QB, there were 2 options - Winston or Mariotta. Even if we didn’t go with QB, look at the next 10 picks - were any of them better picks really? I’d argue that choice was pre-determined and a wash. If I were evaluating any GM in the first round of that 2015 draft, there were maybe a quarter of the picks that panned out with some appropriateness to where they were drafted.

Drafting also has a lot of unknowns that are out of the GMs control - such as how the coaching staff utilizes/develops a player, as well as the player themselves and the various reasons why they fail and succeed that’s entirely on them.

Has Licht been the best GM in the NFL? I wouldn’t say that, but I’d wager he’s in the top quarter of the league (top 10ish?) based on the drafting and FA pickups / roster construction he’s done over the years.

Why did we have our rookie TE blocking their best edge rusher?

The coaching staff is to blame for penalties like this multiple weeks in a row

Nice pick play by the TE. He literally started to block before the ball got there