Rebuilding strategy, forty-niners or saints?

But HOW did the Commanders land their franchise QB?

By trying for 20 or 30 years to find one and then finally getting lucky by being bad in the right year when the Bears chose a lesser QB over Daniels.

Frankly, the Saints got really unlucky by being accidentally bad in a year where 5 wins only gets you the #9 pick and there are no QBs worth the #9 pick. In most years 5 wins gets you a top 5 pick and there is usually a QB there or in your range to trade up that is worth a top 5 pick.