(01-21-2021, 04:24 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(01-21-2021, 01:55 PM)HandsomeRob86 Wrote: Actually I would like Caldwell. I think his drafts are actually better from the same time period as Baalke and I think he was a good evaluator of talent.

When you are drafting in the top 5 or top 10 every year, you tend to land better talent

Exactly!  I hear some people saying that Caldwell wasn't a bad drafter and that his picks were "hit and miss".  When you have a bunch of top 5 picks, "hit and miss" isn't nearly good enough.  Those are "can't miss" picks.  When you pick that high, they should all be hits.  If not, at least 4 out of 5 should be hits.  Caldwell had picks at #2, #3, #3, #4 and #5 overall.  What did we get for them?  One is out of the league.  One is a third stringer who would be out of the league right now if it weren't for other players getting injured.  One is a backup.  One has shown flashes, but has been very up and down and has no pro-bowls through five years in the league.  Only one is clearly a hit from a playing perspective, but even that player had a major attitude problem and demanded to be traded from the team.  That's simply not good enough. I'm so glad Caldwell is gone.  I just wish we could have done better than Baalke.

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