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JPP is up to 8th on his Big Board. Will Pioli take him @ 5?

[Digital Takawira]

Originally Posted by Laz

well if Pierre-Paul is our selection at #5 then it will say a ton about about Pioli.

it will basically tell us that, at least subconsciously, Pioli is trying to prove himself by taking the unheralded/reach type players to prove that he's smart enough

dammit all to hell, didn't we have enought of this with carl? we don't always have to find the "diamond in the rough". how about taking the guy with high production at a top school? more often than not, the players that are at the major schools are there because they are the top players in the country. now i'm not saying that players from other schools won't be good in the nfl, but for every jared allen there are 10-20 sylvester morris. just take berry/mcclain/okung and be done with it.

[BigChiefFan]

I don't like that pick in the top 20, let alone, the top 5.

[Chris Meck]

Revisionist history is an interesting thing.

There was nothing wrong with the Sylvester Morris pick. As a rookie, he outperformed Terrel Owens, wit 48 catches for nearly 1,000 yards... He was a solid mid first round pick, from LSU (a big school that always produces NFL caliber players).He blew his knee out and that was the end of that. Unlucky? You bet. Bad pick? Not unless you had a crystal ball. He had no real injury history before that.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Revisionist history is an interesting thing.

There was nothing wrong with the Sylvester Morris pick. As a rookie, he outperformed Terrel Owens, wit 48 catches for nearly 1,000 yards... He was a solid mid first round pick, from LSU (a big school that always produces NFL caliber players).He blew his knee out and that was the end of that. Unlucky? You bet. Bad pick? Not unless you had a crystal ball. He had no real injury history before that.

He was from Jackson State, not LSU.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by Laz

well if Pierre-Paul is our selection at #5 then it will say a ton about about Pioli.

it will basically tell us that, at least subconsciously, Pioli is trying to prove himself by taking the unheralded/reach type players to prove that he's smart enough and wasn't just a product of New England.

Isn't there a mock that has PP going 3rd overall? Intriguing I guess but I'd rather draft a 3 or 4 year starter with the 5th pick.

PhilFree

[Ralphy Boy]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

He was from Jackson State, not LSU.

True, but he was right about nothing being wrong with the pick at the time it was made, with the offense we ran. Sly was very solid as a rookie. Then we converted to Air Coryell, the big man blew out his knee and he became a bust.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Revisionist history is an interesting thing.

There was nothing wrong with the Sylvester Morris pick. As a rookie, he outperformed Terrel Owens, wit 48 catches for nearly 1,000 yards... He was a solid mid first round pick, from LSU (a big school that always produces NFL caliber players).He blew his knee out and that was the end of that. Unlucky? You bet. Bad pick? Not unless you had a crystal ball. He had no real injury history before that.

WHAT?

He wasnt close to 1000 yards...678 actually.

he didnt go to LSU

TO rookied in 1996, Morris in 2000

[Mecca]

Owens was also a 3rd round pick from a tiny tiny school that was considered to be a project early in his career.

[BossChief]

Morris did have that one good game. I think he scored three touchdowns.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Pierre's a measureables guy, not an intangibles guy. I don't see how Pioli takes him, given that he spent #3 overall on a guy with no quick burst speed who did fewer reps than a ****ing kicker.