RiverDog
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joeseahawks":3clswepa said:Instead of looking at a single pick, why not look at the whole draft...
1. Bruce Irvin,
2. Wagner
3. Russell Wilson ...
4. Robert Turbin
6. Jeremy Lane
7. J.R. Sweezy
FA. Jermain Kearse
...
Not every pick would be perfect. But this draft was as good as it can be. We got 2 fantastic players, who will be around for a long time (Wagner + Wilson) and a player, who might or might not stick. To me, this is a successful draft.
That's the way I would look at it. You win some, you lose some. We won more in this draft than we lost...
No one is complaining about our overall draft success or other personnel acquisitions. We've done very well since Pete and John have arrived, way better than average in the later rounds, not as good with the top picks. The discussion here is exclusive to one player, Bruce Irvin, and how he has fared.
Noting the success of some of his classmates does not mean we would have been better off taking said player, nor does noting the failures of some of his classmates make a bad pick look good.