Did anyone notice Taylor Mays on the field against the Chiefs?

[DaneMcCloud]

Lame.

Especially when Nate Allen, a second rounder, is owning.

So is Earl Thomas.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Lame.

Especially when Nate Allen, a second rounder, is owning.

So is Earl Thomas.

Yup I even made a thread saying how Earl Thomas was a better player than Mays.

[SenselessChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Lame.

Especially when Nate Allen, a second rounder, is owning.

So is Earl Thomas.

So much of a rookie's success is predicated on the team around them.

I was not a huge Taylor Mays fan. But, the 49er implosion certainly isn't helping his chances of being successful.

[notorious]

3 games in. Let's not bury the kid yet.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by notorious

3 games in. Let's not bury the kid yet.

Why not? McCuster , Arenas, and Moeaki were labeled bust before they played 1 game.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Why not? McCuster , Arenas, and Moeaki were labeled bust before they played 1 game.

Not by myself.


But I do understand that the vocal minority of this board overreacted, and have since been silence by our rookies' perfomances.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Why not? McCuster , Arenas, and Moeaki were labeled bust before they played 1 game.

Exaggerate much?

[FAX]

Originally Posted by milkman

Exaggerate much?

Well, there was great gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, Mr. milkman.

You have to admit that.

FAX

[milkman]

Originally Posted by FAX

Well, there was great gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, Mr. milkman.

You have to admit that.

FAX

No question.

There were a lot pf people with a lot of questions, some concerning the players themselves, some the position.

But who labeled any of them a bust before even a down was played?

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by milkman

Exaggerate much?

Not much, nope. I was being a bit facetious but really, not much exaggeration.

[TheGuardian]

Originally Posted by milkman

Exaggerate much?

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.

[milkman]

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.

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.

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by notorious

3 games in. Let's not bury the kid yet.

quit comparing him to sean taylor

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

quit comparing him to sean taylor

Might as well shut the Planet down for the day. No one is surpassing this.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Might as well shut the Planet down for the day. No one is surpassing this.

This.


When I read his post I shot milk through my nose old-school/grade school style.