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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
Which comments?
That spending the 3rd overall pick on a 5-technique is terrible value?
That ignoring our 2 biggest needs (OL and LB) when there was tremendous value at those positions was a huge mistake?
That had Carl Peterson been responsible for this draft, people would be going full-blown apeshit - but because Pioli was responsible everything is A-OK?
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I wasn't necessarily referring to you, OTW, but let's address your points one by one:
1. Your comment about the five technique is bogus. If you're going to a 3-4, you HAVE to have THAT guy, and hopefully two of them. Denver was waiting for this guy, so were several other teams, or so we're told. There was no trading down and getting him, and Pioli thinks he has the stuff to be his Richard Seymour in time. As Pioli put it, until Seymour became the great player he became, their 3-4 wasn't very good.
2. I agree that the OL is the biggest need, but LB wasn't. I would have loved to have a dominant left tackle out of this draft, but until KC can stop anybody, the defense has to be addressed. You can't plug all the holes at once. Our LBers aren't great, but we have bigger areas of need.
3. Pioli has earned the slack...Carl proved that he didn't know what he was doing.