If Berry is there and we pass

[Sully]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Expand and develop.

I'm sorry, I never returned to this thread, so I never saw your question.

If that were to happen, my opinion of Pioli wouldn't change. I would imagine a large number of Pioli's top picks are going to be head-scratchers. If I recall correctly, the Pats, when Pioli was there, were one of 4 teams who didn't use a scouting service, and only did their own scouting. With that, I assume the Chiefs will do the same thing.
So, keeping that in mind, I can imagine that, while how a service ranks players and an individual team ranks players may be close, there may be some big discrepancies in some players, as well.
I don't like the Jackson pick in the first round last year. But I'm gonna guess there won't be many drafts we have where we sit around on Monday patting each other on the backs for an A+ draft, either. I think it boils down to this...
It is what it is. Pioli and his people are going to value things differently than draft sites, fans, and other teams do. It's going to be hit and miss, just like draft sites, fans, and other teams. I'll judge Pioli's drafts to be good or bad after I see how they work out over the long haul, rather than short-term.