(03-05-2020, 07:38 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-04-2020, 09:34 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: I don't think he can go wrong with any of the common players mocked at #9, whether Okudah, Brown, Simmons, Kinlaw, or Wirfs. They all seem very safe and commendable picks. Let's just form our own committee here and advise him to take one of those guys.

Joke was a lauded pick, there are no guarantees. People like the OP get the bennys of 20/20 hindsight.

Exactly, I had no problems with them drafting Joeckel it just didn't work out and that injury his rookie year + making him play RT just curtailed his development.

Cyprien was a "handcuff pick" Gus Bradley flat out DEMANDED a SS be drafted high as he needed his version of Kam Chancellor to implement the Seattle Cover-3 scheme. That was published ad nausem back then. I believe they were targetting Matt Elam who was drafted the pick before but reached for Cyprien after he was taken. Caldwell also mentioned in an interview that they strongly STRONGLY considered drafting Darius Slay as his individual workout was extremely impressive.

Caldwell has always had an eye for talent, but bc of the other influences he hasn't been able to stick to his guns as much as he would've liked. He was on record when he was hired saying that he didn't believe Gus Bradley was the right fit for the job but since Shad was head over heels for his "just get BETTER" approach that Caldwell had little to no say, and faced pressure to go offboard to draft players for his particular schemes rather than on pure talent or glaring needs (how we ended up with Dwayne Gratz because he had the arm length they prefer in a corner) I'm willing to give Caldwell another shot at this thing, bc right after Bradley was ousted, they brought in TC to further undermine him.

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