Phinzone
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We got Carey, I'm not up in arms about him, I'm happy we have another OL, but I'm kind of hesitant on him being a solid tackle. I personally would rather have signed Randall and saved a first round pick if we were looking for a stop gap tackle. I'm not sold on Carey being a solid NFL tackle, but I'm not against him being there either. I think it would have been wiser to trade down and snag another solid guard. My thinking on this is....had Carey gone to the pats I wouldn't have been mad. We could have moved down and gotten our pick of a few solid guards, equally good as carey at that position, but that can't play tackle. However, like I said, I'm not sold on Carey as a solid tackle. To each his own though, would have been nice to have that 4th, but I'm not gonna whine about it too much. Carey was a solid/safe pick IMO, and not a bad one. It was a need pick, rather than the BPA that the FO said we would take, but that's not a horrible thing either.
I'm a HUGE fan of this Poole pick. Can anyone say Anquan Boldin? No...poole won't be a WR, but remember how Boldin's stock fell because he had bad workouts...(he was reportedly sick as well), and look how he turned out. HUGE steal in the 4th, I would have snagged him in the 3rd, MAYBE 2nd had we had a pick. But 4th, psh, can't BEGIN to argue with this pick. He's another CB that could be HUGE someday, and it only cost us a 4th round pick! GREAT move snagging by far the BPA. I'm not saying he WILL be huge, but I'd put my money on him succeeding, rather than faltering. Like I said, I'm a huge fan of BPA, and that was the obvious mentality here. Way to go RS. You took a first and a third, and turned it into 2 first round picks!
I'll admit I'm in the dark about Tua, but from what I hear (too small for a MLB, too slow for safety) we could be grooming him for an OLB spot, which isn't a bad idea at all beings we're going to be out a stud OLB pretty soon. He could pan out, he might not, but i'm not gonna put money either way, seems like a good call to me though. I'm a HUGE fan of potential in the low rounds if you can't tell. This guy has it, he could be a sleeper.
Hadnot was a good call, Pape I don't really agree with, but he's a 7th rounder. It's a long crapshoot anyway you look at it down there. Hadnot could be groomed at center. I dont' think this spells the end for Mckinney as some people think, he's a project backup that should be aight in a few seasons, but not before then.
I don't plan on pope panning out. From all reports, he's not really a smart player. Seems to rely totally on physical ability, which by all reports, he's lacking as well. I would MUCH rather have snagged Jordan Carstens down there, corn fed DT from ISU, he's a beast and would be a great project DT that was rumored to be a 4th round pick. Supposedly had a bad combine, so he dropped off the radar I guess, but I'd still have taken him in the 7th.
Good draft, nothing flooring, but DAMN i'm psyched about the pool acquision. Just a great thing to happen all around. With that one selection we went from a safe draft to a potentially great draft. Even without Rivers :)
We got Carey, I'm not up in arms about him, I'm happy we have another OL, but I'm kind of hesitant on him being a solid tackle. I personally would rather have signed Randall and saved a first round pick if we were looking for a stop gap tackle. I'm not sold on Carey being a solid NFL tackle, but I'm not against him being there either. I think it would have been wiser to trade down and snag another solid guard. My thinking on this is....had Carey gone to the pats I wouldn't have been mad. We could have moved down and gotten our pick of a few solid guards, equally good as carey at that position, but that can't play tackle. However, like I said, I'm not sold on Carey as a solid tackle. To each his own though, would have been nice to have that 4th, but I'm not gonna whine about it too much. Carey was a solid/safe pick IMO, and not a bad one. It was a need pick, rather than the BPA that the FO said we would take, but that's not a horrible thing either.
I'm a HUGE fan of this Poole pick. Can anyone say Anquan Boldin? No...poole won't be a WR, but remember how Boldin's stock fell because he had bad workouts...(he was reportedly sick as well), and look how he turned out. HUGE steal in the 4th, I would have snagged him in the 3rd, MAYBE 2nd had we had a pick. But 4th, psh, can't BEGIN to argue with this pick. He's another CB that could be HUGE someday, and it only cost us a 4th round pick! GREAT move snagging by far the BPA. I'm not saying he WILL be huge, but I'd put my money on him succeeding, rather than faltering. Like I said, I'm a huge fan of BPA, and that was the obvious mentality here. Way to go RS. You took a first and a third, and turned it into 2 first round picks!
I'll admit I'm in the dark about Tua, but from what I hear (too small for a MLB, too slow for safety) we could be grooming him for an OLB spot, which isn't a bad idea at all beings we're going to be out a stud OLB pretty soon. He could pan out, he might not, but i'm not gonna put money either way, seems like a good call to me though. I'm a HUGE fan of potential in the low rounds if you can't tell. This guy has it, he could be a sleeper.
Hadnot was a good call, Pape I don't really agree with, but he's a 7th rounder. It's a long crapshoot anyway you look at it down there. Hadnot could be groomed at center. I dont' think this spells the end for Mckinney as some people think, he's a project backup that should be aight in a few seasons, but not before then.
I don't plan on pope panning out. From all reports, he's not really a smart player. Seems to rely totally on physical ability, which by all reports, he's lacking as well. I would MUCH rather have snagged Jordan Carstens down there, corn fed DT from ISU, he's a beast and would be a great project DT that was rumored to be a 4th round pick. Supposedly had a bad combine, so he dropped off the radar I guess, but I'd still have taken him in the 7th.
Good draft, nothing flooring, but DAMN i'm psyched about the pool acquision. Just a great thing to happen all around. With that one selection we went from a safe draft to a potentially great draft. Even without Rivers :)
