Quote:I can understand having a little fear. Afterall, we're used to a GM who had no fear. His name was Gene Smith, and he had no problems trading up for Blaine Gabbert and taking him ahead of JJ Watt, or taking Alualu early in the first round, or drafting a punter in round three. The guy was absolutely fearless,

I recall Gene Smith indicate he would rather go for the base hit than swing for the fences.  To me, that reflects a fear of striking out altogether.

 

The strange thing is, his swing was far from level, more resembling the wild disjointed flailings of a toddler with a plastic wiffleball bat than the level swing of a great baseball hitter (my apologies for sullying the board with an analogy from an obviously inferior sport like baseball).  In his efforts to not miss, instead of taking the chalk pick like Earl Thomas, he goes for Tyson Alualu.   In his effort to get a starter in the 3rd round, he takes a punter.

 

Sigh.

 

In any event, fear should not, in any way, govern our picks.

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