Just ruminating: We would have been in a much better place had we selected Josh Allen instead of Mayfield. We would have had our franchise QB, retained all those draft picks, and a lot less 'problems'. Ah, the benefit of hindsight....
I agree w/you and I think the narrative from Baker fans that we would have ruined Allen is pure hogwash. On the other hand, it is extremely hard to evaluate college qbs due to the differences between the two games. Allen was the 3rd qb taken that year. Many had him 4th on their list. History shows that evaluating how college qbs will transition to the NFL is difficult. Trubisky was drafted quite a bit ahead of Mahomes and Watson. Tua was drafted ahead of Herbert. We can go on and on. So while I agree it proved to be a mistake, it's understandable.
