(04-24-2020, 01:13 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(04-24-2020, 10:09 AM)Caldrac Wrote: I never fault the players unless they do things that damage the team from a PR aspect. Or simply quit on the team and show severe signs of immaturity.

I hope that Henderson and Chaisson come in right away and play like a pair of seamless veterans that have us all saying "Jalen who? Yannick who?". But on paper and from the stat sheets it's hard to feel "warm and fuzzy" right now.

I don't like seeing players regress in college. Henderson regressed in 2019. If he was as good as Okudah he would have been selected by Detroit. If he was good as advertised. Atlanta would have come up for him.

Add in his unwilligness to get his hands dirty in the tackling department, at his size? That's a problem. Chaisson didn't have enough on paper for me. The ACL and ankle injury is a concern. Seems like we drafted a Jack of all Trades with a Master of None project and Wash and Co. lack the chops to pull anything out of most of the talent they've had over the years.

These were off setting selections to make up for the losses off Ramsey and Ngakoue. Instead of supporting your 2nd year QB they opted to invest in a CB that regressed and a tweener at DE/OLB that has a history of injuries. Still plenty of choices left to make. They might get it done.

I'll remain optimistic. But don't be shocked if they draft Taylor, Swift ot Akers tonight very, very early in RD2 to backfill Fournette's spot on the roster as they've had him on the trading block now for awhile.

About Atlanta and Henderson- I heard this morning, I think it was on the radio, that Atlanta tried to get up to #5, 6, 7, and 8 to select Henderson, and for a variety of reasons, those teams were not willing to make a trade.