Here’s the point: You don’t draft a QB in the top 10 unless you project him as a guy who will be a long-term starter in the NFL, although not necessarily as a rookie. You would take a QB in rounds 2-4 if you think he’s only got a “chance” to be a starter.
Thus, Shurmur was saying, in effect, that they had Allen projected as a round 2-4 guy. Whether that’s true or not, it’s a stupid and disrespectful thing to say about a guy who went 7 overall and who you’re about to play against.
Yes, I can tell by his lifetime coaching record of .300...a real genius.