20/20 hindsight being what it is, if Spielman selects Manziel or Bridgewater or basically any QB in the top 10 this year and they fail, in 2 or 3 years we'll be hearing about how he "panicked' and selected that player because Ponder didn't work out and the best option they had signed was Cassel.
You're comparing two guys who could go top 5, to a guy who was projected a 2nd or 3rd round pick? Well you ignore projections and any prognostication, so I can see why I guess. If he takes the best QB in the draft no one is going to say he "paniced". If he takes Jimmy the Tortoise #8 overall after 3 or 4 QBs go before the pick, yeah, some people are going to talk about how he paniced. Because just like with Ponder, that's what will have happened...
But the "BS"? Reports the Vikings wanted Locker, and panicked were there at the time, how can you now say it's "20/20 hindsight"? There was a run on QBs, he drafted a QB #12 that no one other than homers or Spielman himself felt was worth the pick. Everything that happened with Ponder was clear to see from the time he was picked. There was no hindsight needed. And it worked out about as well as many people expected it to, again, no hindsight. Just because some people ignore every news report and scouting report not naming three sources and at least one notarized letter of interest, doesn't mean none of it could have even possibly been true.