ICE74129
04-29-2006, 09:48 PM
And fans don't even seem to care or aren't smart enough to see it. I listened to Draftboy, Pat moran, etc. Listened to every expert, watched the combine etc.
Every pick was a reach. If I or anyone else suggest we take Whitner at #8 I would have been fried. If I or anyone else suggested we trade back into the first round to take McCargo...it would have been worse.
But because old marv did it, fans are kissing his arse saying its good picks. I had no issue with the fact we went the NE route in FA. But NE ALWAYS had great drafts. Not good, GREAT! We flat sucked today. We were the laughing stock of the NFL for both on the field performance, and our laughing stock of an offseason in the front office. From MM being kept then quitting, to the hiring of 80 year old Marv to Ralph whining in the press about the CBA.
Now, the front office butchers the first day of the draft. Brilliant. I wasn't too high on Huff with #8 but even I admitted he could help this team. Now DB and I went back and forth but I had to admit the kid will be an immediate impact. I didn't feel a Roy Williams, but damn close to an Ed Reed. There is NOTHING in Whitners history that says he will be that type of an impact Safety and you NEVER draft a safety that high unless he is a R Williams or E Reed...NEVER. But marv sure did. Wait until you see the contract this lower rated Safety gets. For as high as we picked him and the money he will be getting....he better be an all pro year in and year out like those other two...but he won't. Because the REAL All pro possible rookie went a pick before us.
We didn't do anything at all today to bridge the gap between us and the other teams in the AFCE. If anything we might have taken a further step back. We had teams willing to trade and marv said it wasn't enough. Bull SH@! We had Bunkley sitting right there and could have had another Safety in round 2 or McCargo in round 2 and a safety or CB in round 3. Instead we reach while the Jets got MUCH better, NE got back some offense they lost and added a RB we have to deal with for the next 8 years or so etc.
I have tried very hard to be positive and give marv the benifit of the doubt, but it hinged on today and he, modrak, and DJ blew it.
Every pick was a reach. If I or anyone else suggest we take Whitner at #8 I would have been fried. If I or anyone else suggested we trade back into the first round to take McCargo...it would have been worse.
But because old marv did it, fans are kissing his arse saying its good picks. I had no issue with the fact we went the NE route in FA. But NE ALWAYS had great drafts. Not good, GREAT! We flat sucked today. We were the laughing stock of the NFL for both on the field performance, and our laughing stock of an offseason in the front office. From MM being kept then quitting, to the hiring of 80 year old Marv to Ralph whining in the press about the CBA.
Now, the front office butchers the first day of the draft. Brilliant. I wasn't too high on Huff with #8 but even I admitted he could help this team. Now DB and I went back and forth but I had to admit the kid will be an immediate impact. I didn't feel a Roy Williams, but damn close to an Ed Reed. There is NOTHING in Whitners history that says he will be that type of an impact Safety and you NEVER draft a safety that high unless he is a R Williams or E Reed...NEVER. But marv sure did. Wait until you see the contract this lower rated Safety gets. For as high as we picked him and the money he will be getting....he better be an all pro year in and year out like those other two...but he won't. Because the REAL All pro possible rookie went a pick before us.
We didn't do anything at all today to bridge the gap between us and the other teams in the AFCE. If anything we might have taken a further step back. We had teams willing to trade and marv said it wasn't enough. Bull SH@! We had Bunkley sitting right there and could have had another Safety in round 2 or McCargo in round 2 and a safety or CB in round 3. Instead we reach while the Jets got MUCH better, NE got back some offense they lost and added a RB we have to deal with for the next 8 years or so etc.
I have tried very hard to be positive and give marv the benifit of the doubt, but it hinged on today and he, modrak, and DJ blew it.