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djnemo65 · 01-22-2009, 02:01 AM

The problem with last year's draft was not that we chose receivers, but that they ended up sucking. Last time I checked, the NFC representative in the Superbowl was built around dynamic WR's and superior secondary play. I mean, the Cardinals aren't elite in either trench. The Colts are a team that has won a recent Superbowl - unlike those mentioned in this article - who place a tremendous premium on selecting offensive skill position players early and often, while neglecting their defensive line. And they've done aight. As Mel Kiper said in defending us last year post-draft, as some questioned our decision to draft three receivers, you can't do it all in one year. A polite way of saying that, on a team as old and hole-filled as ours, a team whose reserves had been depleted of youth from years of mortaging draft picks, it was going to take a few 10 pick stock-ups to get us back to where we need to be.

So yeah, we should draft linemen, and linebackers, and every other position too. But let's not pretend that Vinny's draft choices from last year are the reason we are where we are now. That goes back years, to Gibbs and Spurrier and before even.

01-22-2009, 02:01 AM	#18
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	re: Marching Orders... Interesting Points The problem with last year's draft was not that we chose receivers, but that they ended up sucking. Last time I checked, the NFC representative in the Superbowl was built around dynamic WR's and superior secondary play. I mean, the Cardinals aren't elite in either trench. The Colts are a team that has won a recent Superbowl - unlike those mentioned in this article - who place a tremendous premium on selecting offensive skill position players early and often, while neglecting their defensive line. And they've done aight. As Mel Kiper said in defending us last year post-draft, as some questioned our decision to draft three receivers, you can't do it all in one year. A polite way of saying that, on a team as old and hole-filled as ours, a team whose reserves had been depleted of youth from years of mortaging draft picks, it was going to take a few 10 pick stock-ups to get us back to where we need to be. So yeah, we should draft linemen, and linebackers, and every other position too. But let's not pretend that Vinny's draft choices from last year are the reason we are where we are now. That goes back years, to Gibbs and Spurrier and before even.