Gruden didn't have the luxury of picking a QB that year. He needed to win immediately or be fired after that 2004 season. That dictated picking the RB.
Wow, this excuse is new to me. Normally a HC drafts a QB to buy time, now its passing on a great one is. Interesting.
Such short time moves by the offensive genius cost him his job... never build somewhere here, band aid all over the place.