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Originally Posted by TheGuardian
Actually he's not. I had to argue with some ****ing idiotic moron who said that your second rounders should play at a HIGH level for 10+ years. So in other words, you should constantly be getting HoF type players in the second round for them to be considered worth that pick.
You yourself said it was a waste of a second round pick to use on McCluster because you could never see him holding up for very long in the NFL.
And while I don't remember anyone actually calling them busts as soon as they were drafted, I certainly remember a LOOOT of people berating Pioli for this past draft.
But like I said, that's why posters are posters and guys like Pioli win NFL executive of the decade and have multi million dollar NFL jobs.
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I have never wavered from my belief that McCluster's long term durability has to be a concern.
And the argument was made that the goal for a second round pick that high should be to find a player that is a solid contributor for years.
Whether or not you are successful at that is irrelevent to the goal.
And a LOOOT of people berated this draft because of concerns about run defense and the O-Line.
I myself felt we needed to address the RT position even though I have been a vocal backer of Barry Richardson since he was drafted and felt that, given the opportunity, he would play well and grow into the position.
I just didn't believe he would be given the opportunity.
I also felt we needed to address the center position because I didn't think that Weigman would play as well as he has, and I still do have concerns about how well he holds up over the course of 16 games.
On defense, I expected Dorsey to step it up another notch, but still felt that we needed to address NT because I had no faith in either Edwards or Smith.
I also had the same concerns at ILB, because I never expected DJ to step up, and I never saw Belcher playing lights out the way he has (though I did believe he was a far better option than Mays).
I readily admit that I underestimated the impact that Crennell would have on this defense, as I believe that many others did as well.
The two positions that were discussed repeatedly over the off season that I felt pretty good about was LT, because I have been the #1 supporter of Albert since long before the draft, and guard, because I htought Lilja was a good pickup and told people he was the best run blocker on that Colts O-Line, and was a good pass blocker who didn't get credit because of Manning.