(12-11-2023, 04:15 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(12-11-2023, 12:03 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: I don't want Baalke here. I also won't judge this year's rookie class on the first 4 months of their rookie season.

I will. Especially the earlier selections. Strange and Bigsby were over drafted and they came off as luxury picks, not quality picks that we needed. Everything that we're [BLEEP] about right now? 

Maybe a better decision made in RD2 and RD3 results in this team having a win or two more at this point in time because the interior is woefully incompetent on both sides and we probably could have and should have found starters in those rounds that are better than what we have now.

You have to hold up the specific guys that were available and should have been taken to call any pick a luxury in my opinion.  Position alone doesn't cut it, for instance, if they had all offensive and defensive linemen that were left on the board graded outside of the 2nd or 3rd rounds.  I've heard Torrance's name bandied about, so there's 1 potential miss either by scouting or by draft day strategy.  Let's hear the others.

The draft isn't always about filling immediate needs.  That's what free agency is for.  You have to take into account future needs (i.e. keeping an eye on whose contracts are expiring next year and beyond) in the draft as well on top of having the specific player graded somewhere in the vicinity of the top of your board.

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