Ballard ten years ago

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

I think he would have taken Luck. It was the smart move

The smart move, in hindsight, would've been to trade the #1 overall pick, draft Fletcher Cox with the top 5 draft pick acquired, draft Russell Wilson at 65, and use all that additional draft capital to build a superteam that Manning and Wilson would've led to multiple SBs.