I feel like too many people put too much stock, positive and negative, in the predictive merit of a player’s draft position. Each one of these guys is an individual player with a story for why they got drafted where they did. There’s certainly some “wisdom of the crowd”, players drafted earlier show up as starters more often than those drafted later, but there’s also group think and sometimes some traits get over valued which leads to other traits getting overlooked.
I’m not an idiot, I know physical attributes matter a great deal in this game but what’s between the ears matters more to the QB position than just about any other in major sports. I don’t know if Gabriel washes out because his body just can clear the bar but when I look at his consistency and productivity in different environments, all against elite competition, I think that’s the kind of head-set that excites me. I totally understand why he dropped and I know I have a typical Brownsian wishful thinking but I’m very excited to see this kid in action. I love an underdog!
