overanalyzing something and still managing to not put enough thought into it. So many teams will overemphasize things that look impressive but mean nothing, while they overlook or ignore the traits that make quarterbacks great. It is, to use the scouting term, absolutely hilarious.

NFL teams have not gotten any better at picking quarterbacks over the years. Dak Prescott was the eighth quarterback drafted in 2016, behind Christian Hackenberg, Cody Kessler, and Connor Cook, and the Cowboys even admitted that Cook was their preferred prospect because of the offense he played in during college. Deshaun Watson, who looked as impressive as any rookie in recent memory in the seven games he played before his knee injury last year, was the third quarterback selected in the 2017 draft, and youtechnology, are teams not getting better at assessing the most important position in their sport? The answer is that it takes something rarely understood or accepted in football. It takes nuance.

The first first-round quarterback was Sammy Baugh, a future Hall of Famer drafted by Washington in 1937. Two years later, Sid Luckman became the next first-round passer, and he also went to the Hall of Fame. Two picks after Luckman, TCU’s Davey O’Brien was selected with the fourth pick in the first round. That makes him the first first-round quarterback to not pan out—not because he was bad, but because he quit football after two years to join the FBI.

Ditching the sport for a career in law enforcement is not a concern that teams need to flag for