SouperMeister
10-09-2010, 10:38 PM
Wes Welker UNDRAFTED
T.O. was a 3rd round pick
Chris Carter was a 4th round pick
Gary Clark Supplemental draft
Steve Largent 4th round
and the list goes on and on.....OK. Now let's look at receivers taken in the top 10 in the last ten drafts:
2009: Darius Heyward Bey (Bust), Michael Crabtree (jury still out)
2008: None
2007: Calvin Johnson (Stud), Ted Ginn (Bust)
2006: None
2005: Braylon Edwards (Decent), Troy Williamson (Bust), Mike Williams (Bust)
2004: Larry Fitzgerald (Stud), Roy Williams (Decent), Reggie Williams (Mild Bust)
2003: Charles Rogers (Bust), Andre Johnson (Stud)
2002: None
2001: David Terrell (Bust), Koren Robinson (Bust)
2000: Peter Warrick (Bust), Plaxico Burress (Stud), Travis Taylor (Bust)
I see A LOT more red in that list than green, which has been my point that drafting WRs high is extremely risky business. I would prefer the Skins to invest high draft choices on the lines and on LBs to fit the 3-4. Address WR with a proven commodity via trade or free agency.
GTripp0012
10-09-2010, 10:46 PM
I wouldn't go with the bust label with DHB yet. His deal was that he was a very long-term project. Not one year or two years.
Ultimately, that was the deal with Devin Thomas as well. We needed to spend longer developing him if we were going to bother with him at all. But taking Kelly and Davis in the same draft kind of killed that ability to develop the guy. It became more of a competition for playing time than a long-term development project.
And his draft profile suggested he was going to lose that battle from the beginning.
mlmdub130
10-09-2010, 10:49 PM
I wouldn't go with the bust label with DHB yet. His deal was that he was a very long-term project. Not one year or two years.
Ultimately, that was the deal with Devin Thomas as well. We needed to spend longer developing him if we were going to bother with him at all. But taking Kelly and Davis in the same draft kind of killed that ability to develop the guy. It became more of a competition for playing time than a long-term development project.
And his draft profile suggested he was going to lose that battle from the beginning.
i second that, and not to mention he should have been drafted around 25th not 7th or where ever he was selected. and he is also in oakland without a qb.
SouperMeister
10-09-2010, 10:50 PM
I wouldn't go with the bust label with DHB yet. His deal was that he was a very long-term project. Not one year or two years.
Ultimately, that was the deal with Devin Thomas as well. We needed to spend longer developing him if we were going to bother with him at all. But taking Kelly and Davis in the same draft kind of killed that ability to develop the guy. It became more of a competition for playing time than a long-term development project.
And his draft profile suggested he was going to lose that battle from the beginning.I hated taking Thomas/Davis/Kelly the day Vinny did it, and I still hate it - and yes, I even hate the Davis pick (with DeSean Jackson on the board). At this point, we may as well start Davis at WR to at least get him more targets in the offense.
30gut
10-09-2010, 10:53 PM
I hated taking Thomas/Davis/Kelly the day Vinny did it, and I still hate it - and yes, I even the Davis pick (with DeSean Jackson on the board).
I'll always wonder what would have happended if instead of drafting 2 WRs we draft at least 1 if not 2 OL?
EARTHQUAKE2689
10-09-2010, 10:54 PM
To say our receiving corps is paltry would be a compliment. I wish we could find a way to draft AJ Green. We'll need to win less than 4 or 5 games to get that chance though.
I'm telling you, Julio Jones is just as good as AJ Green is.
SouperMeister
10-09-2010, 11:04 PM
I'm telling you, Julio Jones is just as good as AJ Green is.Look at my post above on WRs drafted the last 10 years. Every one of those guys were studs in college too. Green and Jones could just as easily flame out at the next level. QB and WR may be the most difficult positions to predict success in the NFL.
tootergray34
10-09-2010, 11:11 PM
you can't coach effort and motivation. we just need to study more in our drafting of WR...if that is even possible.
SFREDSKIN
10-09-2010, 11:41 PM
People forget Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders weren't drafted, both were USFL castoff's. What the Redskins need is an eye for talent, forget the round they are drafted in. Rod Smith wasn't drafted, Drew Pearson wasn't drafted, plus a host of other WR's with successful careers .
skins89moss
10-10-2010, 12:10 AM
To say our receiving corps is paltry would be a compliment. I wish we could find a way to draft AJ Green. We'll need to win less than 4 or 5 games to get that chance though.
We will not take a WR with our 1st round pick and you can take that to the bank.