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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
The problem is, Pioli wants the Brady and Montana, not the Peyton or Elway.
He wants to find the diamond in the rough, the 3rd to 7th round QB that comes out to be a Hall of Famer.
He doesn't want to spend a first rounder on one. It's already been reported that he thinks that's "too risky."
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The interview you are referencing was the predraft interview last year. He didn't say that taking a first round quarterback was "too risky" he said that trading multiple first rounders would be "irresponsible" he even said that he could see himself trading up to take one, just not with multiple first round picks.
Of course, all that went moot when he doubled down on Cassel and disregarded trading even a third round pick for Tannehill and didn't bring in anyone that could upgrade the position for us.
IMO we should have signed Orton AND traded up for Tannehill and proceeded to do what Miami did with a completely open qb competition.
If Pioli is allowed to stay, I fully expect him to draft Landry Jones. I said as much almost 2 years ago.