Not drafting a QB a mistake?

[Skinzman]

Originally Posted by 30gut

We can 'maybe' each other death. Its just as likely that 'maybe' they wanted a QB but miscalculated where the QBs would be available.

We are talking about what was going on inside of someone elses head, we have no choice but to deal in maybes.

As far as miscalculating where a pick will go. You rate someone as a 5th round pick, he gets taken in the 3rd round. Using hindsight, that does not mean that you should have picked that player in round 2 (or earlier in round 3 if you pick before the team that took him). The best GM's stay true to their board and pick best available (granted thats taking into account that they are good talent evaluators in the first place).

I would consider a GM taking a player 2 or 3 rounds earlier than he had them rated because he thinks another team is high on that player a bigger mistake than staying true to your board.