To link a couple of things together, the Peterman signing and the draft, this is why a lot of draft picks are just chucking shit at a wall and seeing what sticks.
Raiders coach Jon Gruden, an ESPN analyst at the time, glowed about Peterman before the 2017 draft, declaring the Pitt product "the draft's most pro-ready QB" in a year that included Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson and Mitchell Trubisky.