(08-25-2017, 05:27 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(08-25-2017, 02:27 PM)Jags02 Wrote: Smoot was on some first round boards a year prior, and Caldwell was saying he had him ranked far and away above everyone else when he made the pick. That said, you do sort of kick yourself when you see that Dan Feeney selected two picks later might actually start at RG for the Chargers.

Not only that, but Pat Elflein is in the running for earning a starting job with Minnesota. I read where he's been very impressive and he was chosen after Feeney. Either guy would've been an upgrade. As for Smoot, I know i'm gonna get crucified for this, since everyone loves TC, but this is not the same man who led us to the playoffs. Remember when he left Jacksonville? People had said he was too old and stuck in his ways. He had lost his mojo. He went to a team with a lot of talent (the Giants) and won a Superbowl, but that team started to decline as well and he was gone from that job too. Now, he's back in Jacksonville and I think he may be the same version of himself that was at the tail end of his first tenure with the Jags and at the end of his term in New York.

(08-25-2017, 02:27 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(08-25-2017, 11:23 AM)Kcirred Wrote: Caldwell is the worse GM in the nfl.  This is the same guy that signed Mackenzie Berdeneau expecting him to be a starter.  His drafts are horrible, free agency signings are horrible, hired the worst hc of all time.  His drafts especially are mindboggling.  He can't seriously think some of the guys he drafts are going to be studs.  Why on earth would anyone take Smoot in the 3rd round?  What exactly in his tape made Caldwell think "I gotta have this guy"?? We will suck until Caldwell is gone.  Could you imagine if we didn't have a top pick in every round? We'd be even worse.  Shack Harris was fired 10 years ago and his sucessors haven't even come close.

Smoot was on some first round boards a year prior, and Caldwell was saying he had him ranked far and away above everyone else when he made the pick. That said, you do sort of kick yourself when you see that Dan Feeney selected two picks later might actually start at RG for the Chargers.