Quintessential Ruskell guy. He loved those overachievers with intangibles who got overlooked due to measurables. Ruskell was good at finding guys who could be productive in the short term and keep the pulse somewhat going, but so many of his moves lacked long-term potential and the operation eventually crashed. Branch was realistically a second-round value we traded a first for. He made a similarly myopic trade giving either an early third or fourth for Keary Colbert, who I'm not sure gave us ten catches.
His drafts were like that too. Basically shut himself off from anyone who wasn't a productive, high-character player from a big school. The only player he ever drafted that wasn't from a D1 power conference was a 6th-round long-snapper out of San Diego State who never made the team. He probably would have liked Russell Wilson even more than Pete and John, but zero chance he would have considered someone like Wagner, DK, or Woolen.
only for him to be cut at the end of pre season.
