Never understood the fascination with taking Brown that high. Let me see you are the second best back on your college team and we use the second pick in draft on you.
Yeah, that was my introduction to this site. I was going nuts. A poster named KB21 was pushing hardest for Ronnie Brown, calling him the best all around back. I didn't care about that. All-around is a crutch excuse for lacking special qualities.
The problem with Ronnie Brown was that he violated all logic: A 5th year senior running back can't be a truly great player, worthy of the second pick, basically by definition. Running backs don't redshirt without injury excuse, as Brown did, if they are elite talents. Elite running backs play three seasons and then turn pro while the legs are young. Brown was turning pro at 23, almost 24. His resume in itself told you what he was.
Of course, I was new here so that type of big picture analysis wasn't appreciated, compared to using the word tape 47 times in one paragraph. I'm not sure it's appreciated now but I'm not going to change. Do the right thing and let the percentages work in your favor.
If we wanted to restore an identity, I preferred Cadillac Williams. He was a true feature back. This site was in agony early their rookie seasons when Cadillac was earning lots of carries and gobbling up meaningful chunks for Tampa Bay. It reminded me of the denial toward Russell Wilson years later. But in Cadillac's case the haters got what they wanted with serious injuries and inevitable decline. No guarantee that would have happened here. Regardless, I would say Cadillac injury-free had an opportunity to be far beyond anything all-around Ronnie ever was.
The memories toward Aaron Rodgers aren't perfect. Early that offseason there was lots of push in Rodgers' direction. ckparrothead really liked him. He didn't turn away but the board as a whole certainly did. There wasn't nearly the preference for Rodgers late in the process as 2 or 3 months earlier, right after I joined. But once Rodgers became a superstar then conventional wisdom conveniently allows everybody to assert that they wanted Aaron Rodgers.
