{"id":114031,"date":"2024-04-20T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114031"},"modified":"2024-04-20T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:56:48","slug":"decision-to-host-group-qb-visit-backfires-for-commanders-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/decision-to-host-group-qb-visit-backfires-for-commanders-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision to Host Group QB Visit Backfires for Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1775522167-e1713554859133.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Jayden Daniels\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"826\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1283\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0are weathering some bad press on the verge of making a decision that could define the franchise for the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter\u00a0went on\u00a0<em>Get Up<\/em>\u00a0on April 19 to confirm Washington\u2019s decision to host a group visit with four draft-eligible quarterbacks earlier in the week \u2014 LSU\u2019s Jayden Daniels, North Carolina\u2019s Drake Maye, Michigan\u2019s J.J. McCarthy and Washington\u2019s Michael Penix Jr. \u2014 seems to have backfired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t seem to go over too well with the agent for Jayden Daniels, Ron Butler, who sounded off on social media last night that he didn\u2019t seem particularly pleased with the process,\u201d Schefter said. \u201cI think Jayden Daniels thought it would be a visit with just him meeting with the Commanders. Many people think that Jayden Daniels will wind up being the No. 2 overall pick. But the Commanders essentially opened up the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0USA Today\u2019s Bryan Manning, the four quarterbacks arrived on Tuesday and went to a Top Golf that night with general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn. All four had visits with the team on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, who represents Daniels,\u00a0liked a tweet\u00a0posted on X of a video of\u00a0Pro Football Talk\u2019s Mike Florio\u00a0criticizing the Commanders for the group visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you dilute the ability to get maximum time and just the opportunity to evaluate?\u201d Florio asked. \u201cYou\u2019re trying to evaluate four guys at once?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Adam Peters\u2019 Long History of Bad QB Draft Decisions: Part I<\/h2>\n<p>Peters, who was hired in Jan. 2024, told\u00a0The MMQB\u2019s Albert Breer\u00a0that the idea of a group visit with something he brought with him from San Francisco, where he was the vice president of player personnel and assistant general manager from 2017 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>If history teaches us anything, Peters evaluating and drafting a quarterback could be a cause of concern for Commanders\u2019 fans.<\/p>\n<p>During his time as a scout, assistant director of college scouting and college scouting with the Denver Broncos\u00a0from 2009 to 2016, Peters oversaw or helped make the decision to draft Tim Tebow (1st round, 2010), Brock Osweiler (2nd round, 2012), and Paxton Lynch (1st round, 2016).<\/p>\n<p>The two first-round picks, Tebow and Lynch, lasted two seasons each with the Broncos. Tebow went 8-6 in 14 starts and Lynch was 0-4 in his four career starts and was out of the league by 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Adam Peters\u2019 Long History of Bad QB Draft Decisions: Part II<\/h2>\n<p>Peters didn\u2019t stop making bad decisions when it came to drafting quarterbacks when he left Denver to go to work for the 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Schefter, in 2017 Peters and general manager John Lynch believed that Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins would sign with them as a free agent following the upcoming season and decided not to evaluate quarterbacks in that year\u2019s draft \u2014 one in which they could have selected Texas Tech\u2019s\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0at No. 3 overall but chose to select Stanford defensive end Solomon Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the 49ers decided they wanted a quarterback bad enough that they sent the\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0their first-round pick (No. 12), plus two more first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 and a third-round pick in 2022 to move up and select either BYU\u2019s\u00a0Zach Wilson\u00a0or North Dakota State\u2019s\u00a0Trey Lance\u00a0at No. 3 overall.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers selected Lance, who went 2-2 in four career starts before being traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a fourth-round pick before the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>One pick Peters did nail with the 49ers? The very last pick in the entire 2022 NFL draft, where the team selected Iowa State quarterback\u00a0Brock Purdy, who has led San Francisco to back-to-back NFC championship games in 2022 and 2023, including a Super Bowl appearance in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. The\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0are weathering some bad press on the verge of making a decision that could define the franchise for the next decade. 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