Originally posted by random49er:
He was a 1st OVERALL pick. I'd like to think he had shown some respected level of talent for throwing the football before a team ever selected him.
Different era. Brigham Young was an extremely QB friendly scheme, but the draft was a different process back then. There wasn't even a national combine in 1984.
Young had big numbers in that QB friendly system and the Bengals had the top pick in the draft, coached by Bill Walsh's original protege, Sam Wyche. Wyche, though, was about as downfield a play caller as you'll ever see.
Teams didn't do as much research or nitpicking on prospects back then.