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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I can't melt down over the pick. I just can't get there.
Eric Fisher is going to be a really really good player, IMO. At least we will get an actual significant upgrade on Albert, IMO. Joeckel wouldn't have been; he's a 'safe' player that will be a good starter for a decade, but not much more than that. With Fisher we did the right thing and went for the potentially dominant player.
And if you go by a "Madden ratings" approach, he probably is the best player in this draft. So from that standpoint, Dorsey isn't a liar - he went pure BPA.
Beyond that, every single team saw something in Geno Smith that scared them off him. And these teams have viewed more film than me and have put more eyes on him than I have. Their livelihoods depend on them being right here. I think it's safe to say that Geno isn't the prospect I think he is, though I still see so much I like in him that I think he'll be a good QB.
Which brings me to my true meltdown:
#34 FOR ALEX !@#$ING SMITH!?!?!?!
Folks, we could've given that pick and a 4th to move up to Baltimore's spot and select Geno. That's it. And we could've then still turned around and traded Albert for a 2nd if we wanted to. We could've had an upgrade at LT, a good young QB prospect and a 2nd round pick in our pocket.
And as I said when the Smith deal was made - I don't even hate Alex. But jesus tits, a 2nd ****ing rounder for him? #34 overall? A third is as high as we should've gone and I see nobody out there that would've topped us on that, especially given that we had the #1 overall pick in the round.
And at that point everybody's happy. And I guess if Geno slips to the 3rd or even to Miami's pick and we deal Albert to get him, it could still happen. But I have absolutely no confidence in that happening at all - Geno's a Jaguar.
So no. This isn't a true meltdown. Eric Fisher, unlike Tyson Jackson, is going to be a good and very possibly great player in this league. But shit...why why why why why did we have to give the #34 overall pick for Average Smith?
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Hindsight is 20/20. I don't think they wanted to go into the draft without somebody that could be the #1 QB. Most other teams did the same thing. I also don't think they thought any QB in this draft would be as good as AS. Most other teams seem to be right there with them on that as well. If those points are accurate I'm not sure what could have been done 3 months ago. If you wait you could get screwed even worse by being forced to over extend for something that is worse than you could have had
That is a recipe for the unenjoyment line. Btw I do think the #34 was high for AS but I didn't have the opportunity to sit in negotiations so it is unknown how that played out except to think the FO felt they had to have him.