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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Dex would have went in the 2nd regardless.
He wasn't overdrafted considering the talent in that draft.
Go look at the 2nd round that year. It wasn't that strong overall.
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That's debatable when you have 15-20 guys that would have been better picks that people have listed. But let's run with that "the talent wasn't there" line of bullshit, which has been used to justify the Eric Fisher and Tyson Jackson selections.
Why select McCluster? He had NO role on this team. We had to manufacture one.
-Jamaal Charles was a FAR better speed back and primary ballcarrier
-It took him years to learn the slot receiver position, and even when he was learning, he never got enough reps there because the coaches thought he was this untouchable gadget player like Dante Hall. They essentially had to carve out that role for him
-When Charles was injured in 2011, McCluster was a shitty tailback, yet his presence on the team with Thomas Jones said to everybody, "Eh, no worries... we're fine at the position." No we weren't. We basically had Thomas Jones and Shaun Draughn as our primary RBs.
-Even then, we drafted him assuming he could return some kicks? Guess what our other 2nd round pick was supposed to do as well. Yep. We drafted TWO kick returners with TWO second round picks.
Maybe Philadelphia would have picked him in the 2nd round. They actually would have NEEDED him, though. We never ****ing did. Not even as a backup. We had to find a role for him to play. Remember Kris Wilson? Sound familiar to you? He was a 2nd round pick.
Drafting specialists in the 2nd round like that is the ****ing stupidest thing ever. And Pioli was notorious for that shit.