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Originally Posted by veist
Its kind of fuzzy as its been a while but I believe that the word was the Packers were targeting him as they felt Raji would not be on the board for them. So he might have been a top10 pick, which speaks mostly to how bad the draft class was for 3-4 ends last year. Not that any of that makes it a good pick.
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there were reports of all the teams picking after us taking Tyson if he were available AFTER the draft. Nobody thought he was a logical pick at #3 (or anywhere in the top ten) overall BEFORE the draft.
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Originally Posted by wasi
Sims was not the consensus top player. Henderson and Haynesworth were considered very close. The reason the Chiefs chose Sims was because of John Butler, HC at NC. He was aslo close friends with Vermeil and Carl and personally recommended Sims.
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Sims wasn't a surprise when we took him is what Im saying...Tyson was. Couple that with the fact that Tyson was #3 overall and Sims was #6 and you have quite a bit more expectations for the #3 pick...especially when a franchise quarterback, true #1 receiver, a great nose prospect and franchise pass rusher were readily available at the pick.
Sims had three sacks, a pick, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble to go along with 35 tackles in his second year...right now, if Tyson Jackson hit that stat line for next year even I would be surprised.