I find the conversation about whether to give Peters credit for drafting Daniel’s at 2 amusing. For multiple reasons. As many here have pointed out, most of the ES board, including me, and PFF preferred Maye. Peters, as it turns out, not only had Daniels above Maye, but he had him above Caleb. That sounds like pretty good scouting.
More importantly however how many people have said that the reason Daniels was better than Caleb last year was coaching and OL play? How many times have we heard that If we had drafted Patrick Mahommes, that he wouldn’t have been the same player in Washington, because the rest of the team was so dysfunctional.
Who hired the coaches that helped make Daniels so successful? Who pieced together that OL? Who signed Zach Ertz and Bobby Wagner to help set the culture? Made moves that turned out to be very good, but that we crapped on at the time, like the Marcus Mariota signing?
Peters not only identified Daniels as QB1 and selected him, but is also the man that assembled the support structure that allowed him to succeed. He deserves a lot of credit for that.
In terms of the other draft picks, Sainristil was obviously very good. Our LT that helped get us to the NFC championship game was drafted in the 3rd, and looks like he will start again next year, on the interior. I fully expect Newton to be very solid and at least justify a 2nd round selection. That’s 3 likely starters drafted outside the 1st.
I understand the fan response to Luke McCaffrey and Ben Sinnott. They both still have a chance to be contributors, but also, the best GM’s don’t hit on everyone. Howie Roseman gave Bryce Huff $50 million and traded a 3rd for Jahan Dotson.
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