Quote:One thing that I can't help coming back to is just how bad that 2013 Draft class was in comparison to other classes. While the players from that class are starters, they can be upgraded it would seem to me. This, more than anything, hurt the roster to the point that it was just a bleak landscape. When you look at the 2015 Offense, it essentially spent the entire season trying to get it's feet underneath it due to the fact that very few players were familiar with an NFL playing field. I really cannot think of another team that had to go through what that Offense did.

 

This situation was compounded by the point above where there really wasn't a lot of talent on the Offensive side of the ball available in 2013. So not only did you have to cut loose the dead weight - and my oh my, did Dave swing a heavy axe with those cuts - but you didn't have too many options to come in and fill the gaps.

 

One thing that I will staunchly adhere to is that you cannot expect lesser talent to achieve what greater talent can. It may overachieve a bit, but greater talent is what wins games; I'm convinced of that. Now when you add on the fact that it was hard to come by upper level talent for the first two years of the BradWell regime... I think the results speak for themselves.

Wait a second.......2013 a bad draft class? You got Cyprien, Gratz, McCray, Robinson and Josh Evans. All of whom have been contributors to this team. You realize that you just cant count on rookies to be crazy impact players their first year right? And Cyprien had an awesome 1st year, tailed off his second season but probably more due to the fact he was playing out of position. You got Dwayne Gratz, a solid corner for this team. He may not be a shutdown corner, but at the very least, we got a number 2 or a nickel. McCray is REALLY GOOD. Did you watch him play last year? Think Caldwell found a gem their in the 7th. Denard Robinson accumulated a total of 700 plus yards of offense last year as a scat back, pretty good for an undersized QB convert we found in the 5th if you ask me. Yes, Joekel has looked bad and he's got a big year to prove, yes Ace Sanders did not pan out, we have not too much of an idea on Jeremy Harris. And yes, all the rookies were not super star studs, but i think thats a pretty solid class he found if you ask me. We found at the very least, contributors to the football team. 

 

Have you seen any Gene Smith draft class from 2009-2012? I think we have 1 remaining player. Say what you want about Caldwell, but the guy knows how to find talent, especially late. I mean.....Allen Hurns????

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