Somebody please try to convince me that the FO has a plan.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Right, but then you have to adjust your draft strategy to support that, which means "Mel Kiper likes his upside" or "we just took BPA" is no longer a reasonable defense for the Devin Thomas pick.

A more reasonable defense would be "we need our third receiver this year to come from the draft. we scoured through the prospects for the most productive college receivers, and we decided that Jordy Nelson/Limas Sweed/DeSean Jackson gives us the best chance to fill that need cheaply, and we like what he adds to our special teams as well".

And I understand that Sweed (who I admit, topped my WR draft board last year, with Donnie Avery at No. 2) struggled every bit as much as Thomas last year. But you ask me who will have the better career of the two, I guarentee that it will be Sweed.

By means that are available at the time I'm refering to draft, FA's, or trade. Picking Thomas did make us younger and I believe we stayed competitive despite the last half of the season. Was it a good pick? I think that is yet to be seen, but we did need help at the wideout position. With our past attempts at finding a receiver in free agency, taking a young talented one in the draft does'nt seem like such a bad idea. Taking Thomas instead of Sweed does'nt vary from the plan. I consider that more of an evaluation issue.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

By means that are available at the time I'm refering to draft, FA's, or trade. Picking Thomas did make us younger and I believe we stayed competitive despite the last half of the season. Was it a good pick? I think that is yet to be seen, but we did need help at the wideout position. With our past attempts at finding a receiver in free agency, taking a young talented one in the draft does'nt seem like such a bad idea. Taking Thomas instead of Sweed does'nt vary from the plan. I consider that more of an evaluation issue.

Well, it's evaluation, but it's also negligence.

It's not something that you can do if you are trying to use the draft to supplement an aging team. You don't have the luxury to limit your search to WRs 6'3" or taller if you are serious about taking BPA. That's only the case if you are serious about taking people who look like football players, but you aren't actually concerned with the result.

If you are going with a load up on picks and build exclusively through the draft strategy, drafting a specific body type becomes far more defensible, even if he busts. You simply just don't give him another contract. If the number of picks you have is equal to or less than the number of needs you have to fill, you can't miss. Period.