Rumor: Albert to the Dolphins

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Nobody ever said that. In fact, everyone acknowledged that Joeckl was the safe pick with a low ceiling, and Fisher was a rawer guy who had better future potential.

I don't think Fisher will be a stud. I don't like that he was taken 1.1. But he was a rawer player forced to play a new position in a "shortened" offseason missing some key offseason/preseason snaps due to injury.

There were definitely several people who were quite vocal about the idea that the No. 1 overall pick (or anyone taken in the top 5) could not be a player who needed to develop/might need to spend some time sitting before he was a capable NFL player.

Fisher to a small extent and Joeckel to a much larger one were trumpeted as the "safe" and "right" picks because of this.