Dan Pompei of the National Football Post reports that if Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder had not been chosen by the Vikings with the 12th pick, he probably would have been chosen shortly thereafter. The strong suspicion of people with inside information is the Redskins were ready to pounce at 16. The Dolphins also were a threat at 15. Source: National Football Post
Hopefully we drafted him first round because they felt he woudn't be around for our second round pick.