It was April 27, 2017 and the San Francisco 49ers had an opportunity to draft Mitchell Trubisky, Patrick Mahomes, or Deshaun Watson at quarterback, any of whom would have made for a justifiable pairing with new head coach Kyle Shanahan. Instead, general manager John Lynch traded down from two to three, adding two thirds and a fourth before selecting Solomon Thomas with the third overall pick.
Instead of drafting a franchise quarterback, Shanahan and Lynch wait until Halloween of that same year, trading a 2018 second round pick to the New England Patriots for Jimmy Garoppolo, himself a former second round pick from the 2014 draft.