John Ross interview a jab at former coaching?

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(09-04-2019, 11:36 AM)McC Wrote: This is revisionist history. Nobody but possibly And Reid had any idea he would turn out like he did.  And even Andy was probably at least somewhat surprised.  If it was such a foregone conclusion, he would have been the first pick.  Would the Bears have taken Trubisky ahead of him?  Would the Bills have traded that very same pick to the Chiefs?

The Bears needed a new QB now and Trubisky was more ready than Mahommes who needed to sit and learn and/or get taken by a very QB friendly system.  Mahommes was a work in progress and Trubisky was a "start now/high floor" kind of guy, so it's not too hard to see why things went the way they did.

So basically, Mahommes was a work in progress who needed to sit behind a level-headed vet and learn in order to reach his potential and that wasn't too far off from what we had and have going here.  It's not really revisionist history, because the entire NFL draft (if not life itself) is all about using what you know of the past and present in order to project and predict what will happen in the future.  

Mahommes being good isn't as earth-shattering as one might think.  It's not like he was Tom Brady and every team passed on him 27 times.  THe guy had a first round grade, he needed work, and a QB guru took him and gave him a chance to develop and did what was suspected to be needed and so far it's working.  Taking a good QB in the top 10 isn't a magic act.

Of all the crazy football stories we are ever going to hear "GOOD QB TAKEN AT #10 OVERALL" isn't going to blow many people's socks off, is it?