insomnia411
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I don't know if I'm getting the wrong idea, but it feels like the members of this board are wholly unanimous in their support of our first 3 draft picks in rounds 1 and 2. I can't understand why this is, being that (before the draft) I thought many were in agreement with my sentiments that Vontae Davis was a very overrated workout warrior type, and Pat White would be an ill advised luxury pick anytime before the 3rd round.
I don't totally hate our picks being that we did fill serious needs in the secondary, and it isn't like we reached for Vontae, I just don't like him. However, my problem is and always has been that after the top 7 receivers in this draft who would no doubt all be gone by the time we picked at 44 (and they were) there was a HUGE drop off in talent from guys like Nicks and Robiskie to guys like Tate, Barden and Turner. At the same time, there were still very good secondary players available at #44 and #56. By the time we picked in the second round, our opportunity to bolster our recieving corps had passed us by and we were only able to help the secondary. I am a big Sean Smith fan BTW.
In my opinion, even though I would have also loved Maualuga at 25, we messed up big time on two counts. First of all, we screwed up huge by not aiding our largely talent-free receiver corps. Patrick Turner is big and has good hands, but he's very slow and he was not very productive in a great situation, and Hartline is a joke and I don't understand that pick. He would probably have been available in round 6.
Second of all, the selection of Pat White at #44 is not only a horrendous reach, but it was also a disregard of the laundry list of needs that litter our roster right now. As I said, it was an egregious error because it was a huge luxury pick for a team that cannot be making those kinds of selections. If you want to talk to me about his value as a "slash" type player, I can only become further infuriated because the kid not only has no desire whatsoever to return kicks or play receiver, but he hasn't attempted to do any of those things since high school. So please don't bother with that argument. The wildcat was cool at first and it served it's purpose but at the end of the day it was never halfway successful againt good defenses, and I have a hard time believing that the spread offense will work in the NFL.
Sean Smith was the only pick we made that I liked, however I would have rather us taken an inside linebacker or a pass rusher being that we already took Vontae Davis.
I would have much rather our first few draft picks looked like this:
1. Hakeem Nicks or Kenny Britt
2a. Connor Barwin or Clint Sintim
2b. Sean Smith (good job)
3. Jasper Brinkley or DJ Moore
I really wish that they would just let the "wildcat" die and focus on bringing in help for our quarterback of the future and our defense. The majority of my ill feeling regarding this draft comes from the Pat White pick, which to me was just awful. I wanted to vomit. We have serious needs and we don't need a trick player or a part time quarterback.
Not a good job in my opinion. Objectively, I'd give our draft a C-.
I don't totally hate our picks being that we did fill serious needs in the secondary, and it isn't like we reached for Vontae, I just don't like him. However, my problem is and always has been that after the top 7 receivers in this draft who would no doubt all be gone by the time we picked at 44 (and they were) there was a HUGE drop off in talent from guys like Nicks and Robiskie to guys like Tate, Barden and Turner. At the same time, there were still very good secondary players available at #44 and #56. By the time we picked in the second round, our opportunity to bolster our recieving corps had passed us by and we were only able to help the secondary. I am a big Sean Smith fan BTW.
In my opinion, even though I would have also loved Maualuga at 25, we messed up big time on two counts. First of all, we screwed up huge by not aiding our largely talent-free receiver corps. Patrick Turner is big and has good hands, but he's very slow and he was not very productive in a great situation, and Hartline is a joke and I don't understand that pick. He would probably have been available in round 6.
Second of all, the selection of Pat White at #44 is not only a horrendous reach, but it was also a disregard of the laundry list of needs that litter our roster right now. As I said, it was an egregious error because it was a huge luxury pick for a team that cannot be making those kinds of selections. If you want to talk to me about his value as a "slash" type player, I can only become further infuriated because the kid not only has no desire whatsoever to return kicks or play receiver, but he hasn't attempted to do any of those things since high school. So please don't bother with that argument. The wildcat was cool at first and it served it's purpose but at the end of the day it was never halfway successful againt good defenses, and I have a hard time believing that the spread offense will work in the NFL.
Sean Smith was the only pick we made that I liked, however I would have rather us taken an inside linebacker or a pass rusher being that we already took Vontae Davis.
I would have much rather our first few draft picks looked like this:
1. Hakeem Nicks or Kenny Britt
2a. Connor Barwin or Clint Sintim
2b. Sean Smith (good job)
3. Jasper Brinkley or DJ Moore
I really wish that they would just let the "wildcat" die and focus on bringing in help for our quarterback of the future and our defense. The majority of my ill feeling regarding this draft comes from the Pat White pick, which to me was just awful. I wanted to vomit. We have serious needs and we don't need a trick player or a part time quarterback.
Not a good job in my opinion. Objectively, I'd give our draft a C-.
