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Judge Fudge
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Reading a post in the San Fran board
Mel Kiper has us taking Allen Robinson at 32
Good pick or bad
Mel Kiper has us taking Allen Robinson at 32
Good pick or bad
Bad pick.
It'd be much better & more realistic if Seattle took him at 30.![]()
Bad pick.
It'd be much better & more realistic if Seattle took him at 30.![]()
In all seriousness I wouldn't draft a WR in this draft in the first round unless his name were Sammy or Marqise. And I'm still a little hesitant on Marqise because of the lack of a U after the Q. That should be a red flag.
There's a gluttony of tackle talent this year,. Seattle should take Tiny Richardson if they're smart. Trade up from 32 if need be.
You take your players and draft off of your own evaluations. We could say that there is not much talent at WR in the first round, but if you believe in a guy, there's nothing wrong with taking someone that people from the outside may call a reach. Take Richard Sherman for example, 5th round pick, but there are plenty of teams that wish they would have drafted him in the first round. They would have been crucified in the media, but would have gotten the last laugh.
Playing Captain Hindsight and projecting how a prospect will translate and help your team win games in the NFL are two completely things. In fact there were several Seattle fans calling Percy Harvin the best "pick" in last years draft before any rookie ever reported to training camp. I would highly doubt there is anyone who feels the same today. Obviously you can't predict injuries, but as many pointed out, he is rather injury prone.
Regardless of what Kiper or anyone predicts, with PC and Schneider's drafting ability, you can rest assured whoever you guys get at #30 is bound to be a hell of a player.![]()
Nobody's playing captain hindsight. Just saying that there is talent and impact players all throughout the draft. All à "reach"is some term to describe à pick that deters from some strange consensus that all teams have the same interests and évaluation.
And the last time the niners picked at 30 they hit à home run with AJ Jenkins. Lets hope they have that same success with the pick this year.
Ummm...saying all these teams wish they would have drafted Sherman in the 1st round is the exact definition of playing Captain Hindsight. You better be damn sure you are getting a stud if you draft someone who would be around in the late rounds, in the first round. There certainly are a ton of talented players later on in the draft. People develop at different paces, competition levels are unknown, and combines constantly lie. Who could have possibly known what kind of impact PED's would have had on Richard Sherman?
Ummm...saying all these teams wish they would have drafted Sherman in the 1st round is the exact definition of playing Captain Hindsight. You better be damn sure you are getting a stud if you draft someone who would be around in the late rounds, in the first round. There certainly are a ton of talented players later on in the draft. People develop at different paces, competition levels are unknown, and combines constantly lie. Who could have possibly known what kind of impact PED's would have had on Richard Sherman?
Yeah, because RS is the best cover corner in the league because he took an adderall nearly two years ago.
We know you all have to keep that mantra up because once you get sent home Sunday for the off season you need the excuses as to why. I'm sure there will be other classic excuses such as the refs, all of the holding the zebras miss, all of times our defense makes contact that isn't blown as a foul, etc.
All par for the course for the fourty-whiner nation.
Im sure the Seahawks wished they would have drafted him in the first too. Better use of the money than James Carpenter. If anyone would have noticed his potential, they should have nabbed him up regardless of what any other team may think. Thats all im saying. And what do you mean "you better be damn sure"? You better be damn sure your players contribute regardless of where they were slotted to be drafted. A bad pick is a bad pick. Its not like its more acceptable to have bad picks that were highly rated on some consensus board.
And good idea, get your PED-Seahawk excuses ready, you'll need them Sunday.
If you think someone is going to be a stud and you are 99.9% sure you can get them in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or even possibly the 5th round, are you going to use a 1st rounder on him? If you do, you better be damn sure he is going to pan out. If you take someone who grades out as 5th round talent in the 1st round, and the player ends up being a fringe roster type player, I don't think you will have a job for a long time. I agree bad picks are bad picks regardless. AJ Jenkins was a huge bust and a bit of a reach. He was 5th round NFL talent at best, but the game film and combine #'s indicated 1st/2nd round talent. If we would have drafted Danny Coale instead and had the same results, it would look much worse for Baalke.