Yeah, overly invested in their own opinion of certain players. That was the theme of the entire podcast. ckparrothead conceded that he was frustrated the Dolphins didn't pick any of "his guys" other than Wilkins. Alf whined about Rosen, taking Deiter third round round pick, and also the lack of a pick among defensive backs.
Rosen wasn't one of my guys last year but I fully understand the attempt. The guy has been a star quarterback all his life. NFL rookie quarterbacks are favored to fail. I've mentioned countless times that rookie quarterbacks simply don't put up many points. There are occasional exceptions, and the current era enables more exceptions, but the rule applies.
The Cardinals would not have continued to lower the price tag and simply given away Rosen. Simon understood that and described it perfectly. Alf has no clue. I was not surprised. Simon is from a country where speculation has long been part of the accepted culture. Americans are still trying to figure it out. In a man-to-man situation the other guy has an opening price which he knows only a sucker will fall for, he has a midrange logical expectation, and he has a minimum range. It is not much different than "Best Offer" haggling on ebay, if anyone has done that. Just check out how many times the seller will decline 3 consecutive times and shut you out, while content to hold onto his item for another day and another buyer. That's what Arizona would have done. It wouldn't have been ideal for them to hold Rosen until August or later but eventually the awkwardness stabilizes and it is the new day to day normalcy.
ckparrothead expressed concern we might get stuck again in 6-10 win territory, "the worst place you can be," essentially replacing Tannehill with Rosen. But the lesson is ours. Fresh to memory. That's why we are unlikely to repeat it. Other teams may have heard about the Tannehill malaise but we lived it. Eat a bad banana and the next visit to the store you devote extra time to avoiding the bad bunch.
I'm not worried
Simon was best of the lot but too positive in some areas, IMO. Overboard regarding Preston Williams, given who he compared him to. But to be fair, Simon in the prior episode had specifically named Michael Deiter as a third round possible so obviously he was happy with that one.
I thought the 7th round running backs deserved more scrutiny. We didn't aim high in the 6th or 7th round. There were far superior athletes out there. ckparrothead had a good initial summary of Prince and should not have tempered it.
