Every year, as the combine approaches, we get talking heads and pundits talking about the inexact science of draft boards, drafting for need or for quality, the risks and potential upsides of various players looking to move from college to the NFL. It’s ever the case, too, that many teams will be looking to find a franchise quarterback who’s going to lead them out of the wilderness. Probably more than any position, the quarterback position sees a lot of motion on the boards, people apparently inexplicably rising or falling a great deal based on a small sample, and that is because good quarterbacks are coveted more than players at any other position.<\/p>\n
So, here we are, having drafted this Obama fellow on the basis of the upside, having found that the free agency market offered next to nothing once again (Vaclav Klaus having been taken), and not wanting to put in a career journeyman who has no arm strength. We took the plunge, and the candidate appeared to have a great deal of self-assurance in his abilities, and people thought that he did fairly well on the Wonderlic Test of relative retardation. Suddenly, though, it’s coming to our attention that he played in an option offense at Chicago<\/a>, and that it may take quite a while before he’s ready to play a pro set.<\/p>\n