Attyla the Hawk
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Recon_Hawk":17b26uy8 said:Scottemojo":17b26uy8 said:I wanted this guy so bad. But he wasn't a fit for Pete's WR profile.
Definitely one of the downsides of the draft is having a favorite prospect you know will kill it, but watching your team pass on them because they don't fit the profile.
Well, to be fair though -- if he doesn't fit, then it likely stands to reason that he wouldn't be close to as productive here. If he's here and he's a 35 catch/400 yard kind of receiver do we think he's killing it?
If we can't maximize his contribution, then what he does elsewhere won't translate to us.
Robinson wasn't destined to turn into what he's become. It is a product of post draft development and opportunity/environment. He wouldn't necessarily have had he latter here to the same extent.
If Jerry Rice played for Mike Ditka instead of Bill Walsh, he likely gets buried on the bench because of his drops problems as a rookie. Ditka wouldn't have gone to bat for him like Walsh did. Where you go makes a huge difference.
Despite that, I still wanted Robinson. I liked him and Jordan Matthews in that class (guys that were still available when we traded down).