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Quarterback Gambles: Worth the Risk?
Alex
This draft in particular, it's interesting to me because it's 20 years ago. I was drafted in '05. Here we are, 2005, I'm 40 years old. It was half a lifetime ago, literally half a lifetime ago that I was drafted.
And so every time this time of year comes around, it obviously brings up a ton of memories. All the hoopla and prognosticators and the up and down. Obviously this year, Shador, where's he gonna go? Some people are very high on him, other people have him falling.
It played out my year obviously with Aaron, and I just find it fascinating. It brings up a ton of memories for me, but I do find the crux of the quarterback fascinating in the sense that teams overreach for QBs every single year in the draft. Every single year.
They're overvalued and therefore historically have the lowest hit rate. I think I've said this before. It's historical data. The lowest hit rate of any position of first-round picks is quarterbacks by far. However, it's clearly the most important position in football.