thecoordinator said:
my point is that in my opinion running backs are not worth the huge contracts. i believe those are a better value at cb and wr, and qb IF IF IF you have a true franchise qb. if our line blocks good this year, you are gonna see morris and harris be just as productive as ronnie brown and compare their salaries. just look at how denver and kc plug anyone in back there and get yards. anyone want to bet right now maurice clarrett gains more yards this season than ronnie brown?
I wanted us to be able to trade down and get more picks. We have several holes to fill/upgrade, but that didn't happen. So the next best athlete was Brown. It happened to be an area we are weak in. To answer you question about the OL...Do you really think our OL was any better the last few years when RW was runnign all over people ?? The bottom line is that a great RB makes a poor OL look good and a good OL look great.
Denver's running game cannot be questioned, except that they use borderline legal/illegal technique in a zone-trapping style of running. The problem with their style of running is that they can't get in done when they have to (running a game out in the 4th, during PO times, etc) and the same can be said for KC, except that they have a pretty decent RB in the Priest....
Your argument that we had more pressing needs to fill may be warranted, except that there just wasn't anyone else at the top end of the draft. An Edwards would have been fine. He fit the bill as a top flite athlete, except that between RB and WR, RB was much more of a need than WR.
There were no franchise QBs to be taken (even if Smith had been available). We have a solid, but not spectacular CBs and depth. Keep in mind that Saban's D will focus less on the man-to-man coverage of the CBs, that made PS expendable. None of the D players were worthy of the #2 spot.
The top 5 athletes were RBs and WRs ?? Who would you have drafted that is to be a better fit for the Fins this year and the years to come ?? Contract negotiations for the #2 player taken are not going to be cheap, but then Mr. H. said that would not be a problem either. If the Fins thought it would be an issue, they would have traded down and gotten less than expected value for that pick to save money. I just don't see why you are complaining...He hasn't held out yet, they haven't even talked about money...the media is planting the dollar figures in the contract based on last years #2 pick. If Saban had traded out of the spot and gotten less value than it was worth, I"ll bet you'd be complaining too ?? Lets let things work out a little before we start condemning Saban. Afterall, he just made our team significantly better offensively with the addition of Brown and Linehan...