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I watched Marcus McNeil yesterday, and man does he ever provide a perfect example of poor personnel decisions by the Fins. Last year leading up to the draft there were many people who wanted us to draft him in the first round. Once again we relied on poor medical advice, and we passed. Even without that advice though I don't know that the Fins would have drafted a linemen that high.
I don't care if he did fall to the second round. We should have either traded down, or taken him with our 1st round pick. The guy is an animal. He man-handled Richard Seymour all day, and all-season long the Chargers have run LT right behind him for tremendous success. He did not allow a sack his entire college career, allowed 2 sacks in his entire first year in the NFL, and was not called for a single holding penalty (what a rookie season!). With him in the lineup this year Culpepper may have been able to survive his lack of mobility, and imagine the numbers that Ronnie could have put up. We had better hope that the new regime can make better personnel decisions!:tantrum:
 
Ya, I wanted the Fins to draft him last year too. We would be set at LT for years had we drafted him last year. The guy is a beast.
 
LT's man

Did you also notice that everytime they showed LT when the offense was on the sideline that he was sitting next to McNeil? Not only is he a beast on the field, but he is a high-character, son of a coach, that his teammates all like.
 
exactly what is with our medical staff?

they felt Manny Wright was stable, Culpepper knee would be ok this year, Drew Brees was done, and Marcus McNeill's back wouldn't hold up.


Are they right about anything?
 
Pocoloco said:
exactly what is with our medical staff?

they felt Manny Wright was stable, Culpepper knee would be ok this year, Drew Brees was done, and Marcus McNeill's back wouldn't hold up.


Are they right about anything?
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When you put it like that, it makes me want to cry.

Drew Brees, Ronnie Brown, Marcus McNeil.. That would have been a great combo. Plus we would have had our 2nd rounder.
 
Ridiculous. Just because we didn't draft this guy...we made a poor personnel decision? Are you serious? 30 teams passed on this guy before he was drafted, should they all be upset by this? At the time of the draft, McNeil was a guy with a potentially career threatening back problem and a poor attitude towards the game, and your upset because we didn't spend our first round pick on him? It's not like we didn't work him out and interview him. We did. And we felt we made a better decision given the information avaliable at the time. He just wasn't worth the 16th pick. Hell he wasn't worth ANY pick in the first round based on the information the teams had on him. Whos to say we didn't make the right decision...time will tell.

I can go on and on about how poor your logic is, but you need to step back and think for yourself. If you don't learn to think you'll continue to flood this board with nonsense.
 
I was on the Marcus Mc Neil bandwaggon and would have loved drafting him .He has played better than Feguson so far.

Hopefully we finally get a HC that finally realize the value of drafting a LT.
They are hard and expensive to find through free agency.
 
saves said:
Ridiculous. Just because we didn't draft this guy...we made a poor personnel decision? Are you serious? 30 teams passed on this guy before he was drafted, should they all be upset by this? At the time of the draft, McNeil was a guy with a potentially career threatening back problem and a poor attitude towards the game, and your upset because we didn't spend our first round pick on him? It's not like we didn't work him out and interview him. We did. And we felt we made a better decision given the information avaliable at the time. Whos to say we didn't make the right decision...time will tell.

I can go on and on about how poor your logic is, but you need to step back and think for yourself. If you don't learn to think you'll continue to flood this board with nonsense.
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how the heck can you say he has a poor attitude towards the game when he gives a 110% on every play.
 
Alex13 said:
how the heck can you say he has a poor attitude towards the game when he gives a 110% on every play.
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A. How the hell do you know what he gives on every play. Oh, you don't.
B. Go read some reports on the guy. One of his biggest knocks was his attitude. They didn't think he had a mean streak or was aggressive enough. I'm not saying it, the journalist and scouts who evaluated him did.
 
gafinfan said:
Did you also notice that everytime they showed LT when the offense was on the sideline that he was sitting next to McNeil? Not only is he a beast on the field, but he is a high-character, son of a coach, that his teammates all like.
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It's no accident that Marcus McNeill was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate in his rookie year. He actually got more votes for NFL rookie of the year than Reggie Bush! That's pretty damn rare for an offensive lineman.

A lot of teams screwed up by not picking McNeill in the first round. He only had back problems in his sophomore year in college. He was fine after that. He got screwed out of winning the Outland Trophy for some damn reason ... that kind of thing probably motivated him a LOT this year with the Chargers.

Marcus isn't a big dumb jock either, he sounds like he could be an NFL analyst some day. They say he's one of the most talkative, fun guys on the team in San Diego. He's probably one of LT's best buddies these days. Ronnie Brown, who McNeill blocked for when they were at Auburn on that 13-0 2004 team, should have called Mueller and Saban and talked to those guys at draft time last April. McNeill's going to be a monster in the NFL for a long time. People are already comparing him to another monster about the same size as McNeill ... Jonathan Ogden ... a NINE time Pro Bowler now playing for the Ravens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=3540
 
saves,
I'm not sure where you get your information from? Poor attitude towards the game? You must be kidding. The guy has always had a great attitude. You say he wasn't worth any pick in the first round. Yes, several teams made a mistake, but he was rated as a first round pick for much of the draft period. The facts are simple, the Fins made a mistake by passing on this guy!
 
gafinfan said:
saves,
I'm not sure where you get your information from? Poor attitude towards the game? You must be kidding. The guy has always had a great attitude. You say he wasn't worth any pick in the first round. Yes, several teams made a mistake, but he was rated as a first round pick for much of the draft period. The facts are simple, the Fins made a mistake by passing on this guy!
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There are no facts in what your saying. None at all.

Where did I get my information? Here's the first site I can find.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2006/mcneill_marcus
McNeil does not play with any real sense of urgency or aggressiveness, which limits his production.
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And I'm not going to argue semantics with you, but being an lineman who was labeled as so is not the attitude you want from your players.
 
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