Why Haven't We Signed Brian Brohm

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Carnage

Brohm was projected to be a top 5 pick if he came out early. He lost sooo much money.

I love when people say things like that. Like how Sam Bradford would have been a top 5 pick but now he is hurt and his stock will drop. It is impossible to know where a player would have been drafted when they never went through the entire pre-draft evaluation process. We should all know from following the draft so closely how dynamic the process is and how worthless preseason draft "projections" are.

On Brohm. He is certainly an intriguing name, but at least as intriguing is how a team would cut a second round pick after only one year and instead keep a sixth round pick with very limited physical skills. You'd have to believe he would be better than Woodson, but you'd also have to put him on the active roster if he is on Green Bay's PS. Others have mentioned Meredith, he is a guy I would not mind having here and dropping Batiste. Rather have him than Brohm, but I did not see either play at all in the preseason.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

I love when people say things like that. Like how Sam Bradford would have been a top 5 pick but now he is hurt and his stock will drop. It is impossible to know where a player would have been drafted when they never went through the entire pre-draft evaluation process. We should all know from following the draft so closely how dynamic the process is and how worthless preseason draft "projections" are.

On Brohm. He is certainly an intriguing name, but at least as intriguing is how a team would cut a second round pick after only one year and instead keep a sixth round pick with very limited physical skills. You'd have to believe he would be better than Woodson, but you'd also have to put him on the active roster if he is on Green Bay's PS. Others have mentioned Meredith, he is a guy I would not mind having here and dropping Batiste. Rather have him than Brohm, but I did not see either play at all in the preseason.

I would slightly disagree with you. There is always a bit of more guaranteed money(bonus) for the players selected high. Also if a high pick lays a dud, they usually get a couple years to prove themselves. After which the player is cut.

Between that 2-3 years plus bonus, there is quite a bit of money to be made as a high pick. And not entering the draft, that is money lost. Of course there is a cost-benefit analysis one must do. For example, Tim Tebow is really helping himself staying another year(barring injury). He wasn't projected overly high. I think the projections matter.

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by hooskins

I would slightly disagree with you. There is always a bit of more guaranteed money(bonus) for the players selected high. Also if a high pick lays a dud, they usually get a couple years to prove themselves. After which the player is cut.

Between that 2-3 years plus bonus, there is quite a bit of money to be made as a high pick. And not entering the draft, that is money lost. Of course there is a cost-benefit analysis one must do. For example, Tim Tebow is really helping himself staying another year(barring injury). He wasn't projected overly high. I think the projections matter.

Yeah, where you are picked matters, but that is not what I was saying. My point is that where "everyone" thinks a player is going to be picked does not matter at all because it is all hype until the actual NFL evaluation process kicks into gear. So for someone to say, "if Brian Brohm entered the draft after his junior year he would have been a top 10 pick" is a completely unverifiable statement and based entirely on media/fan hype.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

I love when people say things like that. Like how Sam Bradford would have been a top 5 pick but now he is hurt and his stock will drop. It is impossible to know where a player would have been drafted when they never went through the entire pre-draft evaluation process. We should all know from following the draft so closely how dynamic the process is and how worthless preseason draft "projections" are.

On Brohm. He is certainly an intriguing name, but at least as intriguing is how a team would cut a second round pick after only one year and instead keep a sixth round pick with very limited physical skills. You'd have to believe he would be better than Woodson, but you'd also have to put him on the active roster if he is on Green Bay's PS. Others have mentioned Meredith, he is a guy I would not mind having here and dropping Batiste. Rather have him than Brohm, but I did not see either play at all in the preseason.

It happens all the time in the NFL. It happened here when Gus beat out Heath and turned out to be the better pro. Brohm looked like a can't miss coming out of Louisville. He played in a pro offfense for several years and put up big numbers and ran the offense very well. But for what ever reason that doesn't trranslate into the pro game. Alex Smith got beat out by Shawn freakin Hill. I still shake my head at that one. lol.