Each year teams fans freak out when their teams pass on a quarterback in Round 1 as if that is the last chance they are going to get to find one.
In 2019 the Giants and Washington overdrafted Daniel Jones and Dwayne Haskins in a poor quarterback year just for that reason, they needed a quarterback of the future and put need ahead of the talent on the board.
Either team would have been smarter to wait. There were better quarterbacks and more of them in 2021.
But going back to the original point - there is a draft in 2022 and there will be MORE of them available
It's a renewable supply, like solar power
The other thing is Washington was interested in trading for two or three NFL quarterbacks. Who knew that Sean McVay was going to trade away a future of picks for a 33 year old Matthew Stafford?
Clearly with his new contract and the draft picks and money given out in Jalen Ramsey trade and to resign Aaron Donald (30 years old), McVay saw his team with a short window to get something done after coming close in 2019 against the Patriots.
Washington has a longer time frame and a much younger roster overall. A mid to late #1 pick was fair for Stafford and probably would have made the trade except for one desperate coach.
The other guy I look at is Kyle Shanahan. He gives Trent Williams a 6 year $128 million contract at age 33 and then trades his future in re picks for Trey Lance who is far from a finished product.
For a team with an older, expensive roster one has to question whether Lance will help them during their window or whether becoming a full-time starter and productive NFL quarterback down the road he will see a complete overall of the roster, where he is the only premium talent during the transition.