(12-23-2021, 11:49 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(12-23-2021, 11:27 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Agreed, that is one thing I liked about last year's draft even though their BAP weren't the same as mine.  Last year they didn't draft need.  They took Etienne at 25 when our best player is a RB, they took a corner when we just drafted one in the top 10 and just signed one to a big contract, and then took a LT when we just franchised one, and took a guy in Cisco who hadn't played in almost 2 years.   So they had the right draft approach, did they make the right picks remains to be seen.

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Dave was one of the biggest needs drafters I've ever seen

The Etienne pick was 100% a needs-based pick from Meyer. No doubt at all. 

He had zero clue what kind of back he had in Robinson and no intention of leaning on him.
Additionally, he was certain his offensive strategy would not work without someone in that hybrid Scatback/WR/Gadget role - so he drafted one straightaway.

I have high hopes the next regime can utilize Etienne to his potential and he could be a great player, but it was a needs-based pick all the way, and a pretty [BLEEP] stupid one at that when you consider what we could have gotten instead.