Except for Manning, Elway has always pursued QBs that are the exact opposite of who he was coming out of college. He was hailed as a potential HoFer before his name was called by Rozelle on draft day, but he keeps drafting developmental projects every time he picks someone who’s supposed to be our QB of the future. Oz was understandable because we had Manning, but why did he draft Lynch when our only QBs I recall being on our roster after Oz left for big bucks with the Texans was Sanchez & Siemian. I know I'm not as smart as Elway, but I was really hoping for a QB of the future who would be ready sooner rather than later.
So why does he keep doing this? I’ve been quietly theorizing for a while that, although he has too much class to bash Reeves in public for rushing him in to the starting lineup before he was ready, I think he know that him getting benched after debacles in his 1st 5 games gave him the time to sit under a veteran like he needed to in the 1st place. With so many of the top 2 or 3 QBs expecting to be handed the starting job before they report to their 1st training camp, and their teams seemingly bringing in FAs that are as bad as they need to be to make sure that happens, I wonder if Elway is deliberately selecting guys who are willing to sit behind a veteran that will teach them how to play the game. He trying to find a Rodgers, not a Newton.