(05-01-2021, 10:30 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: (05-01-2021, 10:03 AM)Bullseye Wrote: While I wasn't enthusiastic about the Campbell pick, I wasn't necessarily ANTI Campbell. I wanted Teven Jenkins there, but adding speed and versatility to the secondary is not a bad thing. But I think that selection triggered a chain reaction, where everyone we discussed at 25 and 33 just about all came off the board after 33 and before 45. Barmore, Jenkins, Grant, Eichenberg and Moehrig all came off the board in front of usThe only guy remaining among those most frequently discussed was Friermuth, and very few wanted him at 45. I think once Moehrig came off the board, attention turned to T, and that's when Little came to be the target. Perhaps if their intent was to take Campbell at 33, they would have been advised to try to move up from 45. I think there was SOME basis by which to make an informed decision on Little. But the time away due to Covid just added more questions about his rehab and rust. I'm certainly not going to say there's no basis for concern, but based on what I've seen, he has some size and ability. A bigger question is can Warhop bring him up to speed, and if so, how quickly? I know you have no faith in Warhop. I'm not thrilled with him. But if Little ends up starting in his rookie year because he actually supplanted one of the incumbents and upgrades that position this year, then all would have to give credit to both Baalke for recognizing his ability and Warhop for getting it out of him.
I like the Cisco pick. It's been a while since we've had a S who can come up with the INT.
He has no information on him since one game in 2019. That's hardly enough to judge a guy on. An informed decision has to have evidence behind it and there hasn't been a shred of evidence since that time. What has he done since then? Has he improved? Has he regressed? There is simply no way of knowing until he faces real competition in a real game. We might as well of thrown a dart at a bunch of names with this pick. It would've made just as much sense. You cannot rationally select a guy based on what he did in one full season 2 years ago. That's nuts! Even if he does supplant one of the OT's (which I desperately hope he does,) I will not credit the front office for it, because it will be based on luck, not research. There is nothing to research since 2019.
My thing is it took me a minute tops to find game footage of him. I'm sure with their scouting and various contacts, they could have gotten more coaches footage and insight into him. There was SOME basis of information...but the Covid issue on top of that is what complicated things. Being generally risk averse, I share many of your concerns about a guy being out that long being a 2nd round pick. But I won't say there's zero basis for their decision. He has some good traits going for him. I think at the end of the day, a lot of your opinion amounts to holding his decision to sit out during Covid against him. Considering very few people knew the particulars of Covid, I can't blame people for sitting out. Heck, the PAC-12 and Big 10 didn't know if they were going to play, and many schools wound up playing truncated seasons. Were there no Covid and Little came out after 2019, how would you have felt about him then? Sewell sitting out didn't dissuade you from advocating the Bengals take him at 5.
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
