Exactly, you can't live in hindsight. Metcalf had a lot of hype but a lot of receivers were taken ahead of him and he was the 64th pick, Ed was 8 I think. Point is there was hype but no consensus among NFL people about Metcalf. It's always a crapshoot to some degree. I have yet to see any good objective analysis of GM's ability to select players, it is hard to do but Beane has been very good. Ford was a dud, Basham and Elam are others. But then you have guys like Bernard and Benford. Mostly his players have done well, it takes some of them time to get there....