minormillikin":1h9w07en said:In the 2013 draft, the Seahawks picked RB Christine Michael with the final pick in the 2nd round. To start the third round, the Kansas City Chiefs selected TE Travis Kelce.
Travis Kelce has more than 800 receiving yards this season. Christine Michael is no longer in the NFL.
Food for thought.
This is fun.
tersal":24ets3yi said:J.D. MCKISSIC
Rushing 33 carries 189 yards 5.7 yards per carry 0 44 Long
Receiving 22 Targets 22 receptions 174 yards 7.9 yards per reception 1 TD Long 28
Better than Penny or Prosise.
jammerhawk":88b8ruu8 said:What is the point of this thread? The Hawks drafted a player who has been outplayed by a later pick? Sometimes the team has castoff players who succeed to a degree elsewhere?
As we all know the draft is often a crapshoot. Look at all the young QB fails many teams have picked, Seattle is notably included. If we examine the history of our present FO they done well drafting and turning players into good fits for their scheme being run. They are by no stretch perfect though, but no team is. Not sure of the point of this thread. Sure wish the team hadn’t drafted player X or player Y, or had kept another dude? Well OK then, sure thing.
The team has done a good job finding players who fit and the record of the team under this regime is one of the best in all football. I sometimes think success in drafting is more to do with superior coaching than personnel evaluation but then players like Wilson or Sherman, or Carson or Baldwin, or Bennett or Poona appear that show how difficult it is to do personnel evaluation. Getting a player to succeed is often more important than where the player was drafted, yet there are guys that were simply missed out on. Keeping a team together is harder than just drafting good players.
Perhaps you are confusing this with another thread? McKissic has 33 carries and 189 rushing yards in 10 games, while sharing a backfield with ex-Hawk Bo Scarbrough and rookie Ty Johnson. Those are not remarkable numbers, completely setting aside the question of whether McKissic would be getting snaps on a team with a much better RB group (he wouldn't).xray":5w7ua2pr said:The point of the thread is that the draft is 50% luck; and releasing good productive players and keeping mediocre players just because they were higher draft picks is 100% intentional .
tersal":29tbpgat said:J.D. MCKISSIC
Rushing 33 carries 189 yards 5.7 yards per carry 0 44 Long
Receiving 22 Targets 22 receptions 174 yards 7.9 yards per reception 1 TD Long 28
Better than Penny or Prosise.
Sgt. Largent":29kxpuq9 said:tersal":29kxpuq9 said:J.D. MCKISSIC
Rushing 33 carries 189 yards 5.7 yards per carry 0 44 Long
Receiving 22 Targets 22 receptions 174 yards 7.9 yards per reception 1 TD Long 28
Better than Penny or Prosise.
So you would have cut or traded your first round pick who you want to develop into a primary back in both the run and passing game and keep a journeyman pass catching back that's well past his prime?
You can't just throw up stats without the context of things like salary, upside and committed development.
Rat":271ezepx said:Sgt. Largent":271ezepx said:tersal":271ezepx said:J.D. MCKISSIC
Rushing 33 carries 189 yards 5.7 yards per carry 0 44 Long
Receiving 22 Targets 22 receptions 174 yards 7.9 yards per reception 1 TD Long 28
Better than Penny or Prosise.
So you would have cut or traded your first round pick who you want to develop into a primary back in both the run and passing game and keep a journeyman pass catching back that's well past his prime?
You can't just throw up stats without the context of things like salary, upside and committed development.
Keeping McKissic wouldn't have had to mean getting rid of Penny. They played largely different roles anyway.
Sgt. Largent":3684pxur said:Good for McKissic for getting a job on a crap team that's had major RB issues and is going nowhere. If he was still here he'd have WAY less reps and carries.