the team tried to trade down but nobody wanted it. every analyst said that whomever of the two QB's - roders or smith - went first, the other was gonna slide to later in the first round.

it was really a bad year for the first pick, with leinart staying at 'SC. if anything, i wanted braylon edwards to somewhat fill T.O.'s void, and thought there was no upside going from a serviceable, WCO QB in tim rattay to an urban meyer spead-offense rookie in smith.