Quote:  Excellent point about Patrick Peterson's presence being a huge key in Tyrann Mathieu getting things turned around off the field.   

 

  Going into the draft,  the risk with Mathieu seemed very high,  though a case can be made that the risk / reward was favorable in Round 3.   For myself,  when it comes to high character risk players,  I prefer to err on the cautious side but there's certainly many ways of putting together an NFL team.

ESPECIALLY since I remember, (I remember because how ironic the date is) Blackmon got suspended on 4/20 and the draft was within like a week or something from that date. It was Caldwell's first draft, no way he would have took a risk like Mathieu. I don't really remember many other players from that draft I really wanted. Jarvis Jones was a player I liked from Georgia, but then all that knee stuff came out and he has been pretty much a bust. 

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