[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

At the same time you don't neglect core needs for a shot in the dark player. Show me where in the past two drafts we specifically passed up an available "playmaker" for a substantially lesser player. Any discussion of drafts before then simply seems fruitless as everyone here agrees those drafts were sad in judgement at this point . Also show me a playmaker FA we should have gotten, without breaking the bank a la AH. Even your Suh example is skewed because the lions took the best player in the draft for an area that they needed considerable upgrading at. Basically that is a win/win for their team, in other words they did not neglect a core need for a playmaker. My counter to that would be both atlanta, getting JJ but neglecting a woeful defense, and the cowboys getting Dez Bryant, but neglecting their line in that draft.

Look a team needs playmakers, we definitely need some but you can't neglect your core, hopefully in the next two seasons we see talent across the board rise and have a few players truly step up to that next level. Like you said players don't come haphazardly, and they also, generally, don't come en masse, that's why its re building because its a step by step process and it takes time, not one and a half offseasons.

We have taken shots at playmakers already. I define playmakers as guys who make a huge impact in helping scoring on O or preventing scores on D. Reputation, etc has no relevance. It's what they do that matters.

Core players are playmakers. Brian Orakpo, Ryan Kerrigan, and Trent Williams are not here to just be solid. They're here to be playing up to their potential, which is on par with some Pro Bowlers and criminally underrated good players like Justin Smith, aka be playmakers. They're here to prove they should be anchoring us for the next 5-10 years. They're the ones getting the huge contracts if they pan out, just like Clay Matthews and Jason Pierre-Paul are well on their way to getting.

We have taken consistently taken shots on potential playmakers in the first round in our recent history, even Carlos Rogers and Jason Campbell were shots at playmakers. JC was supposed to be Rypien and Doug Williams reincarnated, and to Joe Gibbs, that meant Super Bowl-caliber.

What Atlanta passed up were likely two more "risky" potential playmakers and a special teamer for one "sure thing" offensive player. Of course, Jones is not risk-free AT ALL, but they deemed him more necessary than what they expected to grab with the picks they had.