Why Did We Draft Fred Davis?

[PennSkinsFan]

I just find it hard to believe that Fred Davis had such a good career at USC, but he is struggling to learn the play book here? Quite frankly, I am pretty down on all three second round picks at this point. I keep thinking to myself, imagine if we would have used two of those picks on a DE and an OL.

Give credit where it is due. Vinny has done a great job finding gems late (Montgomery, Golston, Horton, Moore) but has a very spotty record with early picks.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by PennSkinsFanhR

I just find it hard to believe that Fred Davis had such a good career at USC, but he is struggling to learn the play book here? Quite frankly, I am pretty down on all three second round picks at this point. I keep thinking to myself, imagine if we would have used two of those picks on a DE and an OL.

Give credit where it is due. Vinny has done a great job finding gems late (Montgomery, Golston, Horton, Moore) but has a very spotty record with early picks.

What if we had? Don't you think it's just likely any DE or OL drafted in the 2nd round would probably have made the same impact at this point as the guys we drafted have, and people would be bitching about why doesn't Calais Campbell have any sacks yet, or something like that?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What if we had? Don't you think it's just likely any DE or OL drafted in the 2nd round would probably have made the same impact at this point as the guys we drafted have, and people would be bitching about why doesn't Calais Campbell have any sacks yet, or something like that?

That's a good point. I think only Chris Long would be the only one who would be semi-productive at this point on our defense at that position. I still think we should have used one of our late picks on either Justice or Pollack as a backup to Rabach. The Colts got them BOTH and both were ranked about as high as you can get for a center.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What if we had? Don't you think it's just likely any DE or OL drafted in the 2nd round would probably have made the same impact at this point as the guys we drafted have, and people would be bitching about why doesn't Calais Campbell have any sacks yet, or something like that?

What's driving me nuts about Davis is that we're seeing other TE's drafted early already making an impact. Dustin Keller, John Carlson, and Martellus Bennett (for one play), have made some noise while Davis has been silent. Perhaps the Jets and Seahawks knew better when they drafted Keller and Carlson with Davis still on the board. Maybe they saw Davis as a guy who would have trouble asimilating to the NFL.

And yes, I was one of the guys who wanted Calais Campbell at our slot when we selected Davis.