RealSNR
09-11-2006, 03:11 PM
I'm not playing voyager or anything, but take a look at our draft history in terms of drafted offensive linemen.
2000-
6th round- Darnell Alford OG
2001-
6th round- Alex Sulfsted OG
2002-
(none)
2003-
4th round- Brett Williams OT
5th round- Jordan Black OG
2004-
7th round- Kevin Sampson OT
2005-
6th round- Will Svitek OT
7th round- Jeremy Parquet OT
2006-
6th round- Tre' Stallings OG
In these 7 drafts, did we seriously think we could make our offensive line remain consistant just by drafting lower level guys? I know we traded for Willie Roaf, but keep in mind we still had Victor Reilly at that time, who was still fairly decent. The signing of Casey Weigman and trade for John Welbourne are the other two moves that have kept us fairly consistant with our play up until now. We got lucky on Brian Waters... plain and simple.
In 7 drafts no one bothered to draft a higher-round backup than the 4th round? Were we assuming that if we needed someone to come in in the case of injury that we'd send in a wishful prospect that we drafted in the lower rounds just to see what the hell happened? The case isn't out yet on Stallings, Svitek, or maybe even (hopefully) Sampson, but for the rest of them, NONE of these guys ended up making significant contributions to the team.
We've picked up some great players in the draft in the past couple years, especially in the early rounds. I do think that offensive line should have been one of the more pursued positions in at least one of these drafts.
2000-
6th round- Darnell Alford OG
2001-
6th round- Alex Sulfsted OG
2002-
(none)
2003-
4th round- Brett Williams OT
5th round- Jordan Black OG
2004-
7th round- Kevin Sampson OT
2005-
6th round- Will Svitek OT
7th round- Jeremy Parquet OT
2006-
6th round- Tre' Stallings OG
In these 7 drafts, did we seriously think we could make our offensive line remain consistant just by drafting lower level guys? I know we traded for Willie Roaf, but keep in mind we still had Victor Reilly at that time, who was still fairly decent. The signing of Casey Weigman and trade for John Welbourne are the other two moves that have kept us fairly consistant with our play up until now. We got lucky on Brian Waters... plain and simple.
In 7 drafts no one bothered to draft a higher-round backup than the 4th round? Were we assuming that if we needed someone to come in in the case of injury that we'd send in a wishful prospect that we drafted in the lower rounds just to see what the hell happened? The case isn't out yet on Stallings, Svitek, or maybe even (hopefully) Sampson, but for the rest of them, NONE of these guys ended up making significant contributions to the team.
We've picked up some great players in the draft in the past couple years, especially in the early rounds. I do think that offensive line should have been one of the more pursued positions in at least one of these drafts.