Is trading down worth giving up the chance to take a future Pro-Bowler

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

What makes Okoye a can't miss, future Pro Bowler?

Nothing, and though most don't like Pasquarelli he does have an article on ESPN.com that goes right to this point.

Excerpt:
"Since 2000, there have been 26 defensive tackles selected in the first round and 59 chosen as first-day picks. Only six have played in even one Pro Bowl game, and 15 are out of the NFL entirely right now. The 2001 draft produced five of the six Pro Bowl tackles chosen since 2000 -- Seymour, Stroud, Casey Hampton, Jenkins and Rogers -- and the league might never see such a bounty at the position again."

Full Article:
ESPN.com - NFL/DRAFT07 - Pasquarelli: Teams struggle to find right inside man

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

Nothing, and though most don't like Pasquarelli he does have an article on ESPN.com that goes right to this point.

Excerpt:
"Since 2000, there have been 26 defensive tackles selected in the first round and 59 chosen as first-day picks. Only six have played in even one Pro Bowl game, and 15 are out of the NFL entirely right now. The 2001 draft produced five of the six Pro Bowl tackles chosen since 2000 -- Seymour, Stroud, Casey Hampton, Jenkins and Rogers -- and the league might never see such a bounty at the position again."

Full Article:
ESPN.com - NFL/DRAFT07 - Pasquarelli: Teams struggle to find right inside man

Maybe this fact, along with others are the reasons why the Redskins de-emphasize the draft and choose to aquire key players through FA. That has not always proved fruitful either, but at least they have some knowlrdge about how the player can/will perform on the NFL level. The draft is, and always will be a crap-shoot with the exception of a very few players. No one knows how a young player is going to perform uintil he puts on the uniform in the heat of battle, then the words "heart" and "desire" come to the forefront and seperate the men from the boys.