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Originally Posted by milkman
Wait.....
You are advocating taking TE in the top ten?
Are you ****ing high?
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Not when I typed that I wasn't.
I like getting the best football player possible, and Gresham is one of, if not the, best tight ends I've ever seen in college. I understand that there is a whole of people around here that like picking position value with their mocks or whathaveyou; e.g., *in the most whiny voice possible* "You don't pick linebackers in the top three!!!! Waaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!", etc.
Personally, I don't give a rat's patootie what position a guy plays. Get the best guy possible unless you got a great guy there already. To take a flyer on a boom/bust guy or a reach just because he plays a certain position that "considered" by some to be more important than another is not very intelligent in my book.
And it's because of this that certain positions are overvalued by the casual fan - positions such as cornerback, wide receiver, rush end, etc. Everyone likes to see replay highlights of a sack, of a douchey touchdown celebration by some Diva level wideout (who would have never have made that touchdown if they didn't get an amazingly good throw from their quarterback - a REAL position of importance), etc.
A football team is the sum of it's parts, and if you can get quality football players who have great instincts and talent at each position, that wins you football games. More often than not, it is the trenches type positions that ultimately win you football games over the long haul than the perceived glamour positions. Give me a top three middle linebacker over a top three rush backer all day long. Same with tight end and wide receiver. Same with safety versus cornerback. It's nice to have a little flash, but the substance has got to be there for a team to win games, and I'm a firm believer that that has to happen in the middle of the field, the trenches before it can happen on the outside "flashy" positions.