Rumor: Albert to the Dolphins

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Originally Posted by O.city

If he played the way he played in ny here, people wouldn't give a shit

Same goes for Fisher playing at a probowl level. But again, I'm not talking about how they did on the field. This entire argument is about whether or not it is fundamentally stupid to draft an OT at first overall. I am saying that drafting Eric Fisher is in no way more stupid than drafting Sheldon Richardson PURELY BASED ON POSITION.

Fisher was widely regarded as just as good of a prospect as Richardson. Across the board, people thought he would be successful.

So, you have two guys, each projected to succeed at the next level. One is an OT, and the other a 3-4 DE. I don't see any reason why one of those picks is bad and the other good.

Again, it's not like anyone knew that Richardson was going to blow up and Fisher would struggle. Of course, they get paid extremely well to make those decisions. But at the end of the day, clearly it's just ****ing hard to really project success in the NFL.