Nah, that's what he said.
Being highly valued by some GMs and having a 1st round grade are 2 different things. This draft only has about ~10 players with 1st round grades as opposed to most drafts having ~16 players with 1st round grades.
This is why I would prefer not to trade down from 1.9 so we can get a player with a 1st round grade, but if we do maybe go back only a couple picks since desperate teams might take Ward and Sanders in the top 8 pushing 1st round graded players to about pick ~12.
His 3rd rated QB in this draft was Riley Leonard. Acknowledging that he needs to develop more, but pointing to what he did at ND and especially what he did when dropped in a pro-style offense at the Senior Bowl.