Originally posted by tjd808185:
If Shanny can't make Mahomes look good I'd argue that's a Shanny problem. If he'd be trash here then maybe your offensive wizard isn't all he's cracked up to be because Reid has him looking like a God. McVay turned Goff from worse rookie ever to leading the #1 offense in 1 season.
No one should be faulting Shanny for grabbing Jimmy over the rooks but clearly there was a great option b. Actually a few of them because those 3 rooks combined we passed on have the same amount of losses we do.
I just don't think Shanahan wanted to be committed to a 1st round rookie QB with him being a rookie head coach. Beathard could be benched at any time with little commitment in the future. Benching a 1st round pick would damage the confidence in your supposed franchise QB. Again, can't fault Shanahan for hoping for Kirk Cousins, which IMO looks to be the reason on passing on all the QB's in the 1st round.
But if we're just talking making QB's look good, well look at Shanahan's track record. RG3 went to the Pro Bowl as a rookie, Matt Schaub was a 4,000 yard passer and went to the Pro Bowl, made Matt Ryan an MVP candidate and first team All-Pro. And now, Jimmy G., has him looking good so far that he earned a $137 mil contract. I'm sure he could've made Mahomes look good, but the question was did he want to, we all know the answer to that one.