Who Should We Have Drafted?

[skinsfanthru&thru]

I still would have liked getting Chris Canty when we had the oppurtunity near the end of Day 1 of the draft.

[Beemnseven]

I think we should have taken at least one defensive lineman. Chris Canty was a good possibility for us, but we selected a running back 4 picks ahead of him.

Carlos Rogers had to be taken where he was. It's still very early, he hasn't had enough time to make an impact, and we needed the heir apparent to Fred Smoot.

The pick we may regret is Jason Campbell. I'm not predicting a bust or anything, but there could have been other players taken who would have provided more of an immediate impact at a position many of us knew was a weak spot: the D-line.

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I think we should have taken at least one defensive lineman. Chris Canty was a good possibility for us, but we selected a running back 4 picks ahead of him.

Carlos Rogers had to be taken where he was. It's still very early, he hasn't had enough time to make an impact, and we needed the heir apparent to Fred Smoot.

The pick we may regret is Jason Campbell. I'm not predicting a bust or anything, but there could have been other players taken who would have provided more of an immediate impact at a position many of us knew was a weak spot: the D-line.

we'll be better in the long run since we drafted campbell

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by steveo395

we'll be better in the long run since we drafted campbell

That's assuming he's going to be a good QB.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

I still would have liked getting Chris Canty when we had the oppurtunity near the end of Day 1 of the draft.

We didn't have a late first day pick. Remember, we only had two firsts, one fourth, one fifth, one sixth, and one seventh.

We could have picked him with our 4th pick, but we used that on Manuel White. As some of you may recall, White got injured and placed on IR. What is even more upsetting about that pick is he saw little to no playing time in the preseason. While that isn't a good sign, it's a little early to say it was a bad pick.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by Ramseyfan

We didn't have a late first day pick. Remember, we only had two firsts, one fourth, one fifth, one sixth, and one seventh.

We could have picked him with our 4th pick, but we used that on Manuel White. As some of you may recall, White got injured and placed on IR. What is even more upsetting about that pick is he saw little to no playing time in the preseason. While that isn't a good sign, it's a little early to say it was a bad pick.

thankx, I forgot when he got picked but I knew we had the chance to take him and passed.

[backrow]

Originally Posted by Ramseyfan

We didn't have a late first day pick. Remember, we only had two firsts, one fourth, one fifth, one sixth, and one seventh.

We could have picked him with our 4th pick, but we used that on Manuel White. As some of you may recall, White got injured and placed on IR. What is even more upsetting about that pick is he saw little to no playing time in the preseason. While that isn't a good sign, it's a little early to say it was a bad pick.

We would have had our 2nd & 3rd and next year's 1st, if we hadn't wasted all on a QB! DE has been a need for 10 years.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by backrow

We would have had our 2nd & 3rd and next year's 1st, if we hadn't wasted all on a QB! DE has been a need for 10 years.

Actually, we traded last year's 3rd and 4th rounders plus next year's 1st rounder. Our 2nd round pick went to New Orleans for the 3rd rounder we got in 2003 to draft Chris Cooley (we didn't have the 3rd rounder in 2003 because we traded it for Mark Brunell).

I doubt we would have been able to draft a starting DE with a 3rd or 4th rounder. At best, we would have gotten a good situational pass-rusher.

Plus, who knows, maybe Campbell will turn out to be a stud. It's very early to be judging the wisdom of trading all those picks for Campbell. We haven't even seen him play a single down in the regular season.