This rookie doesn't agree!
I don't fully agree. Since 1997, when we selected Yatil Green, only once have I fully agreed with the draft pick. That was Todd Wade in the second round in 2000, who was overwhelmingly the right choice, as he was graded at about 30 in most draft charts. Other times we went with the not-so-obvious picks e.g. Avery, Fletcher (we all wanted Brees, so did Bratz and I think Heckert Junior left for the Eagles because we didn't take Brees), Eddie Moore, James Johnson, Vernon Carey- all our first picks in the draft, all-not-so-obvious, all disasters or at least unproven in the case of Carey. By the way I do not consider Carey an obvious choice- there were loads of red flags on him about his intelligence, Wilfork was easily the right choice.
I think that the obvious pick is often the right one, particularly if the person is highly rated back in February, before late risers on workouts shoot up the charts. Early on I will be very disappointed if we don't take a highly rated player at the appropriate slot.