Originally posted by TheWooLick:
He is defending Lance and Stafford from the characterization that Lance was a consolation prize after Shanahan lost out on Dalton and Stafford because he was outplayed by other teams.
I agree that the notion Shanahan wanted Stafford or Dalton over Lance is absurd. Shanahan would have made a move for them if he wanted them and Lance is better than both.
No one besides you is saying Lance was a consolation prize...there's just a timeline to it, that's all. I would say at that point when they were interested in MS they didn't do all their evaluations on the rookies or have a legit trade partner.
He wanted to improve at the starting QB position and he looked at
all his possibilities. One was Stafford and that took place back in January. He also was clearly interested in Lance along with the other rookies. It was all about making it work and how much.
Dalton was never meant to be the starter, he was meant to be a cheaper bridge/backup to a rookie (at that point in the timeline). They very well could have said to Dalton (who never came in for a visit) hey we will get back to you after the draft. Same with Flacco. You already know what happened with Stafford, Kyle talked about it...you want to think he lied just because of your feelings toward Stafford fine. No one cares anymore. You get so defensive with all that, yet you're the only one still bringing it up lol. It's over we got our guy.
[ Edited by NYniner85 on Jul 27, 2021 at 7:07 AM ]