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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Peyton Manning had "flags"?
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couldnt win the big game.
that showed to be true, his only superbowl win came at the hands of his running game, not his golden arm
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
First off, you asked why so many people here were "against" Orapko. The answer, once again, is that far too many Texas players chosen in the first round (and even second) were busts.
A quick perusal of that list confirms it.
Orapko has had ONE good year. Let's see what he does after that.
In the meantime, Griffen, Huff, Roy Williams, Vince Young, Tubbs, Benson, Jammer, Leonard Davis, etc. haven't lived up to billing. Many are on their second teams.
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So basically, "we didn't like him because he was from Texas"
That is why I defensed that with Kyle Boller/Rodgers back then.
All of those players were from 5+ years ago except for Young and Griffin and Young is anything but a bust. All that guy does is win football games for a team that cant win without him. Griffin has been part of 18 turnovers in 3 years and had 7 interceptions in 2008. The defense struggled to get to the passer after fat albert went to washington and the defense struggled and that means Griffin struggled.
I'm not sure what changes were made to Texas around that time frame, but they have put some quality players in this league recently and Orakpo is just one of them. The only thing that scared me is that he may be a guy that is on roids.
I can see why some here weren't 100% about him being our pick, but the level of hatred for the kid was crazy.
It was a draft that we were cursed in because of it being so weak at the top. At least Orakpo would have been a difference maker.