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Originally Posted by DaWolf
But Pioli is likely only good at evaluating certain positions as well. You listed some of his failures, but his biggest one no doubt was having no clue what to do at the QB position.
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This is really not true. Nearly every GM, unless they're picking in the Top 5 (and even then, it's often screwed up), has difficulty identifying college kids that can become Franchise QB's.
Furthermore, just take a look at the Falcons past two drafts under Pioli. There's a lot of Super Bowl contributors.
2015:
#8: Vic Beasley, DE, Clemson
#42: Jalen Collins, CB, LSU
#73: Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana
#107: Justin Hardy, WR, ECU
#137: Grady Jarrett, DT, Clemson
#225: Jake Rodgers, OL, Eastern Washington
2016:
SS Keanu Neal, Florida
OLB Deion Jones, LSU
TE Austin Hooper, Stanford
OLB De'Vondre Campbell, Minnesota
OL Wes Schweitzer, San Jose St.
WR/KR Devin Fuller, UCLA
While I agree that he wasn't a "Good GM", he's a damn fine personnel man.