Our performance in the 2nd round for the past three years and what could have been

these games sicken me when we lose what draft choices did we trade away this year?

The trifecta of Thomas, Davis, and Kelly have yielded virtually nothing. Perhaps Kelly will become the big posession receiver we need, but to think that pick could have been Ray Rice is very demoralizing. We really need to hit gold on both our 1st and 2nd round picks next year. As the losses mount, those are looking more and more like a top 10 pick in each round.

This thread could apply to almost all teams. Every team can point to a guy they could have taken instead

I just realized we've gone a long time without mentioning Malcolm Kelly.

Yes, I'm hoping against hope Kelly actually starts to play next year. Looked like he had streaks of potential, and by next year he'll have had 1.5 years to heal after microfracture surgery... He hasn't put together anything substantial on the field yet, and there's a fair chance Shanny dumps him before the season if he doesn't come to play..

This thread could apply to almost all teams. Every team can point to a guy they could have taken instead

Have other teams outside of Matt Millen's Detroit Lions been as consistent as we have been in ****ing up the second round in "recent" memory?

Have other teams outside of Matt Millen's Detroit Lions been as consistent as we have been in ****ing up the second round in "recent" memory?

Can't **** up in the second round when you're not picking. So the truth is we don't really fail that much when it comes to second round picks :D

I'll tell you the pick that might have done more damage than any of us think: Moving up to get Rocky McIntosh in 2006. First off, at this point in his career, I believe it's safe to say that Rocky just isn't very special. At best you could say he's solid, but I'm not even sure you can say that anymore. Whiffing on the run by Brandon Jacobs last week, then getting completely turned around on the TD pass to Winslow yesterday -- McIntosh has never proven to be worth all the manuevering it took to get him.

Then when you couple the fact that we traded away a 2nd round pick in 2007, it's yet another in a long line of draft day blunders that didn't pay off.

I'll tell you the pick that might have done more damage than any of us think: Moving up to get Rocky McIntosh in 2006. First off, at this point in his career, I believe it's safe to say that Rocky just isn't very special. At best you could say he's solid, but I'm not even sure you can say that anymore. Whiffing on the run by Brandon Jacobs last week, then getting completely turned around on the TD pass to Winslow yesterday -- McIntosh has never proven to be worth all the manuevering it took to get him.

Then when you couple the fact that we traded away a 2nd round pick in 2007, it's yet another in a long line of draft day blunders that didn't pay off.

Agreed, Rocky looks nothing like a guy that's worth 2 2nd rounders. I liked him in the 4-3 OLB, he's a good starter there.

That was just a terrible draft class for the whole nfl. Talent was sparse. But even so we could have given up what we did (2 seconds and a 6th) to move up into the middle of the first to overdraft somebody else, and i would have felt much better about that missed pick because at least we got spot value as opposed to being double wrong

I think we are hating on Rocky too much. He was fine as a starter in the 4-3, it's just kind of obvious he's not a 3-4 linebacker. We can still get value for him if we trade him to a team that runs a 4-3. I think he's probably gonna get traded this offseason anyways, we need the picks.