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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
From 1982 to 1992, we drafted (in a 12 round draft) 17 linemen. Of those only 7 were picked before the 7th round. One 2nd rounder (Wally Klein, '87), two 3rd rounders (Mo Elewonibi, '90; Paul Sevier, 92). Four 6th rounders - of whom only Ed Simmons stuck around (and he did for 10 years).
In fact, in '91, the Skins did not draft an o-lineman out of nine picks.
It was a different era, but still, we have invested significantly more in drafting o-linemen over the last 5 years than we did during the ten year reign of the Hogs with much less to show for it.
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In the end it's just not letting these guys see the field. You'll never know what you have until you do. I feel like we've constantly had these 3-5th round picks on the bench until we sign some mediocre/big name FA, they flounder on the bench, get cut, start somewhere else. Now they're not Pro Bowlers, but I think we've had a few get cut that went on to start for some good teams.