Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 15067173)

I think I'd still go with Ozzie here, but Ballard is good as well.

Originally Posted by Kman34 (Post 15066579)

Imagine Carl trying to get this done back in the day... He would have run off everyone.. and traded Mahomes for some draft picks and a brokedick 49er.:D

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 15067176)

Ozzie is no longer the Ravens GM.

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink (Post 15067170)

You are one bitter narcissistic dude for sure. Get some help man.;)

Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 15067199)

I think Telesco is a pretty underrated GM that would look better if he got some common sense and left a dead end franchise like the Chargers.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 15066795)

The draft separates the good from the great.

Hill, Kelce, Jones, Schwartz and yes even Fisher are key players here who he inherited. And Hill, Kelce and Schwartz are going to get HoF consideration when all is said and done. We sure are quick to gloss over that.

The bar from his predecessor in that regard is pretty damn high. If this team isn't going to atrophy on his watch, it's going to be because he was able to bring in guys like say George Kittle in the 3rd round. And maybe he's done something like that with Hardman - a big time 'heat check' pick when easier bets like McLaurin were on the board. That may be a serious home-run for him before all is said and done.

Grabbing Thornhill instead of 'safe' pick at a position of need like Winovich and then piece-mealing the LDE spot together a bit was a risky gamble that worked out great (though the Thornhill pick specifically was almost universally lauded).

He clearly prefers swinging for the fences in the draft so if enough of those land, he'll continue to cycle in great players. But THAT'S the bar - great players. Because he inherited a few of those guys upon taking over and in the next handful of years, he'll need to replace 'em.

Will he do that? Time will tell. Hard to write that book just yet.

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 15067210)

Lynch, as much as I hate to say it, has been brilliant as well. His eye for QBs may ultimately be his downfall, but everything else he touches seemingly turns to gold.

Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 15067220)

I think more credit goes to mini rat there. Lynch has definitely exceeded the 0 expectations they set for him though, and Kittle was a top notch land. That double first round selection of Solomon Thomas and Foster though....woof.

Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 15067199)

I think Telesco is a pretty underrated GM that would look better if he got some common sense and left a dead end franchise like the Chargers.

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 15067231)

He’s a good GM, but he also just drafted Herbert who I’m very confident will be a bust.

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 15067224)

Those were terrible, but almost everything else has been great. Samuel in the 2nd was awesome.

Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 15067242)

I have a suspicion that was driven by shitty ownership.


I'm still holding out a bit to see what the end result will look like. Samuel was a WR I was very high on going into last years draft though. Falling into McGlinchey was another solid move.