What should we use to criticize Pace for not selecting him? That's how it works on this planet. You want your favorite team to select a guy, your team doesn't, even with multiple chances in that round. The guy you wanted does well and shows his talent. Then you criticize the team for not selecting him, especially since he specifically said there were no QBs worth taking late.
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You should criticize him based on his thought process and information he had at the time of the draft. Teams miss on players all the time. What matters is not some isolated instance of them missing on a player but how they are doing overall IMO.
In addition, I don't see you or any fans coming on here and saying I wanted this player but he sucked ass so my bad for criticizing somone for not taking him. So it's just a self serving exercise.
I think we agree the Bears need a franchise QB. That guy is probably going to come from the 1st or 2nd round so I don't get all this angst over the fact Pace didn't think a 4th round QB was worth.
Again statistically most franchise QBs are being taken in the 4th round or later. Just because there are anecdotal instances of late round or undrafted QBs being good doesn't mean it's a good strategy for finding your franchise QBs.
Finally the teams like the Packers or Pats who I know some of you like to point out draft QBs a lot are doing so in part because they already have a franchise QB and they already are good. When you have the extreme lack of talent the Bears have and you still don't have a franchise QB, I don't think you have the luxury of trolling later rounds for lottery tickets. And even in those instances the most successful of their QBs are guys that were still high round picks like Rodgers and Garrapolo. You probably don't even remember the Rohan Daveys types ie the QBS they took in the later rounds that inevitably sucked ass which is the rule. The Pats and Pack can afford blowing picks like that when they have a Favre and Brady and when their roster is stacked with talent.
Now if I am mistaken and statistically the 4th round and later is where most teams are finding their franchise QB then let me know. Otherwise I find crying about an exception ie a 4th rounder actually becoming a franchise QB as if this was something Pace or anyone could reasonably predict based on the historical record of QB draft successes is dumb. Why? Because if you try to make a career out of trying to find exceptions then you'll probably be out of a job sooner rather than later because it's a recipe for failure in the long run.
Now to avoid the stupids from trolling, the above is speaking generally. There are always exceptions and if ultimately you've got a late round QB as the BPA on your board or relatively close then by all means take him. But I don't think expecting him to be the answer to your search for a franchise QB makes sense.
