FlyingGreg":1707ybyk said:
Great info. Not a lot of success in that sequence, for sure. They are allergic to making good picks in the 1st round, it seems.
I get that they want to constantly acquire more picks. But at some point, isn't quality more important than quantity?
By the way, this grouping is just terrible: DT Malik McDowell (No. 35), S Delano Hill (No. 95), S Tedric Thompson (No. 111), S Michael Tyson (No. 187). Complete whiff. Fortunately, the selection of Chris Carson made it somewhat bearable.
If you want to see just how bad this strategy has worked for them,
just look at the next 10 players picked each year from their original draft slot. You could have built some serious All Pro talent within this team. Of course, no one knows how a player will develop, but you also have to ask why has our talent evaluation been so piss poor in the first 1 to 2 rounds of every draft. You would think that PC and JS are either afraid to make a high pick, or they don't have the right talent evaluators within the organization. But this strategy hasn't been that effective at all.
But I will say they partially make up for it in trades and FA signings. But there is a downside to this as well. It is what it is.