We talked to a few [QBs], but we weren’t thinking of anyone that would be competing with Rex and...
We talked to a few [QBs], but we weren’t thinking of anyone that would be competing with Rex and John for the starting job."
We liked a lot of players in this draft. Felt like we needed an infusion of youth throughout the 53 man roster. When we got a chance to trade down, we did...As we did with every position, we analyzed the quarterbacks as well as any position, brought in all the quarterbacks and talked about them. … We also compared them to the quarterbacks that we had. You say John is unproven, but so are draft picks. Coaches thought based on what they saw in practices last year that he had a very high ceiling.

