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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I agree with almost all of your post.
However, it does matter where he was picked. The team is never going to get over the hump if they don't maximize their value in the draft.
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But you're still making that argument in a vacuum. OT was absolutely as legitimate of a pick as any other position last year.
We all freaked the **** out (rightfully so) when Tyson Jackson was taken at 3rd overall. So... a 3-4 DE is a reach at third overall (Jackson) but is the smart move at first overall (Richardson)? Backup pass rusher is better at first overall? Because we have Hali insurance "down the road?" I thought the whole argument was that he had to contribute in his rookie year?
I'm just baffled. Half of you are pretending like OT isn't a top five pick every ****ing season. There's a reason why that is.
You want to say that we should have gone elsewhere, but so far everything you people have suggested (3-4 DE, bust of a QB, bust of a CB, bust of a back-up pass rusher) is just as ****ing reeruned as a potential left tackle who stays on the right side. I don't mind being pissed about drafting offensive linemen, but keep it realistic.
The fact is, we got the top pick in a shitty ****ing draft. We wanted the Chiefs to take a high-risk, high-reward gamble with the first overall pick. But they already did that by trading for Alex Smith. And frankly, that trade paid way the **** off. If we had gambled with first overall (Geno?) and then took the "safe" pick in the second round, and BOTH busted, you guys wouldn't have an argument.
But because they gambled two seconds on being able to make Alex Smith a franchise QB and then took the "safe" route at first overall, it's a ****ing travesty.
Nevermind that this team, had we been in charge (myself included - I was a Genobater), would have probably had five wins last year at best.