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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
Well, it's not exactly the same thing. Jarmon was not in the 2010 draft.
If Jarmon had entered the 2009 draft as a redshirt junior, under his own choice, would we still have traded up into the third round after the Barnes pick to get him? Or would we have rated him more highly on the board than Barnes?
Because there are a bunch of guys that were given second round grades at that point. Barnes had a second round game from this team. There was probably at least one defensive lineman who would have had a higher grade than Jarmon at the pick.
If he had been in the 2009 regular draft, we would have got a much better idea of his value than the fact that a bunch of teams were willing to take 4th round flyers on him. He probably would have been a 4th or a 5th round pick in last year's draft.
Anyway, there's a huge difference between having a second round grade from the Redskins, and having been a likely second round pick. Every pick on the second day is made by a team who thinks they got a steal.
Anyway, like I said earlier, if we acutally do get a second round pick out of Jarmon, then using a supplemental third on him is a huge steal. But that assessment that Vinny had is a little bit higher than anyone elses assessment. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
It's important to remember that while looking at all the teams that put a claim in the 4th round is one way to judge his value, that still leaves two unanswered questions: 1) how many of those teams were willing to overpay by a round to bolster their defense this year? and 2) why did no team who won more games than us last year think he was worth a third round claim, if in fact he was a potential second round prospect?
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This pick was based on a need for the Redskins. Remember Jason Taylor was released and we got only 1year from him. We resign Wynn and Daniels who are both veterans but dont have much left in the tank. Orakpo is not playing DE so far so we needed to add young talent at the DE positon. Our front office graded Jarmon to be a possible 2nd round pick in 2010. Their is no way of knowing this for sure unless he played his senior season which would determine how well he played. So based on Jarmon's talent from his past 3 seasons at Kentucky we really wanted to land him. To ensure we got him we were willing to give up a 3rd pick from the 2010 draft. This worked now we have a young DE to groom this season instead of 2010. Who knows in 2010 he may have been projected to go in the 1st round if he had a monster senior year. Its all a gamble.