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Originally Posted by milkman
There are a couple of things to consider when talking about the best player available, including need.
If you think that a guy can be a starter at his position for the next 10 years, while another player may never be anymore than a second teamer at his position, then the best player available at that pick is the guy that can start for the nest 10 years.
In the fourth round, Donald Washington is a player selected that may never crack the startig lineup, while Johnathan Luigs would be the starter on opening day, and could very well be a guy that mans that position for a decade.
In the fifth round, Jamon Meredith was a better player than Colin Brown at RT.
It wasn't even close.
The Washington pick is debatable, cause Washington has the athletic ability to possibly be a stud at corner.
The Brown pick isn't.
That guy is never going to take a snap at RT.
He looks like he might eventually be a pretty damn solid guard, but that wasn't the position they were addressing with that pick.
Best player available is the one that has the potential to help your team both now, and over the course of his career.
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I get this...
But don't you think that...there was a reason why they took Brown over Meredith? Washington over Luigs?
I guess maybe I have faith in a guy like Pioli...we ALL knew the Patriots draft the Patriots way...and we all knew the guys that go cuckoo over the draft on this board were going to hate Pioli...so what is the big surprise?
So far, watching preseason...I've really liked what I've seen from Jackson and Magee...suddenly we're a NT away from having a pretty damn good DL...one chalked full of potential if you think about it...
and in all honesty, when I was watching...it seemed as if Tamba Hali might actually be a damn good blitzing OLB...but that's just from what I watched and what do I know?
I think we have a chance to field a pretty respectable defense this season...
Now...offensively...different story. But expecting this entire team to be fixed over one season? If we can play a little defense and establish a running game this season...we could win some games.