(11-11-2023, 10:44 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(11-11-2023, 01:07 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Why do say this?  I didn't like some of the picks but why are they the only 2 that can have good careers?  These players aren't even half way through their rookie year yet.  Lol

Just my opinion based on what I have seen thus far from the draft class. Rounds 2-4 are an opportunity to select players who can immediately improve the team as well as become important parts of the team's nucleus moving forward. Despite being a Penn State fan, I felt that taking him in round 2 was a big reach. He will likely be a very good blocker who can be utilized in the short passing game; he'll never be a difference maker like Engram or the rookies taken before him like LaPorta, Musgrave and Mayer. The Bigsby pick didn't make sense since the running back room was already strong and Bigsby is nothing special. Miller is likely to never be more than a special teams player who fills in at linebacker due to injuries. 

It's certainly easy for fans to use 20-20 hindsight to criticize certain draft picks. I hope that several players taken in the 2021 draft eventually prove me wrong. Passing on O'Cyrus Torrence in round 2 and waiting until round 5 to take a pass rusher (an undersized one, at that) were the biggest mistakes, in my opinion. Tyler Lacy has shown some promise as did Cooper Hodges prior to his injury. If these two continue to improve and eventually become starters, I'll gladly admit that I underestimated this draft class.

I wasn't a fan of the picks either but they could absolutely help the team right now if they improved their play and be part of the nucleus, jmthey just have to be good players.  It's way to early to say they can't be good pros.  I wanted Dawand Jones who we could have gotten in the 3rd and he's been better than Harrison.  I wanted Porter, Torrence, Jones

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