Two things, all 4 likely gone before 9. In fact I wonder if the Niners had to give up so much because Broncos & Panthers likely bidding for #3.
Also, they might be leary abt over spending for the fourth best QB if they are not in love with him. They settled for Paxton Lynch 5 yrs ago and that didn't work.
They are in QB hell right now like the Rams were. Decent roster, but no QB.
Likely spend a 2nd rounder on a 2nd tier QB and hope for the best.
That seems pretty logical.
Hopefully you are right and the third and fourth best QBs really aren’t that good.
Maybe it’s just a case of Lynch and Shanahan talking themselves into falling in love with one of them.
It’s funny since all we need to do is look back at other years. It seems accepted that Lawrence is as close to a lock as Luck was. Wilson is right there with him.
So that is two top QBs in one draft. What is the chance that this draft could have three sure things? Especially when you consider many former sure things never panned out.
The odds seem to be against the #3 pick being worth all of what it brought to Miami.
Maybe the Broncos and Panthers looked at it that way.