I agree with you. Whitehair was Pro Bowl at C but the team jacked him around - bouncing him between 3 IOL positions and his game was never quite the same again. Daniel was a bust... but you don't give up after a bust happens. Same at QB1. If you bust on one, well, take another swing at it. Don't give up.
EDIT: I just looked up James Daniels and he actually is doing well for the Steelers. So, I was wrong about him being a bust. He is 26 years old and playing solid football... at least that's what it looks like grade-wise.
This is something that bugged me about Pace. He would often let guys he drafted go who then went on to good careers while we struggled to replace them. Floyd, Amos, and Daniels were all guys I think we should have kept.
Daniels, Echols, Mack, Morrow, Smith, etc. We get rid of good player for draft picks and the replace them with WORSE players. That’s how to get #1 pick in the draft and a 6-22 record.