Sam Darnold: Proven insufficient NFL QB.
Hendon Hooker: A completely different person.
If I wanted to create similarly irrelevant comparisons I could point out that Hooker and Herbert both start with H. That would be equally dumb.
The point is this:
After 26 picks have been made the Bills will hold the top remaining pick in the draft. If there are still 2 or more QB needy teams…..there will be…..and Hooker is available……he might be…..the Bills will have more leverage than any team in the league. They can fritter it away on some slow LB from the Midwest, a pipsqueak WR or some other guy that might do ok, or they can move down a little, get a similar player and 2024 assets….or they can use their inevitable leverage at a later date.
If you have an asset with the ability to increase in value, you don’t cash it in for face value.
This same argument goes for Levis but it is almost certain he will be gone.