(03-15-2019, 12:32 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(03-15-2019, 12:29 PM)NCJag Wrote: But failures are ALL WE HAVE!!  Soward, Williams, Jones, Nelson, Harvey, Monroe, Gabbert, Blackmon, Joeckel, Bortles, Fowler......the hit parade from the first round this century has been......GEH!

There are kernels of hope.  We hit on Stroud, Henderson, Ramsey.

Focus on them my friend. 

But egads that list is bad!

For the record: Monroe struggled a bit as a rookie, but was a LIGHTS OUT LT for us from his sophomore season until he was traded.

Reggie Nelson gets a bad rep here undeservadly. After a stellar rookie season, people got mad at him for "missing tackles" and the "dancing tackle" but fail to realize he ran clear across the field to try and make a play on someone who wasn't his responsibility on the play while the rest of the team had stopped running (if he doesn't hustle/play with heart, those plays we criticize him for never happen and he probably never gets the blame that leads to him being traded). We traded him to Cincy, and then he went on to be a 2x probowler and LEAD THE LEAGUE IN INTERCEPTIONS his last year with the Bengals, also had a solid stint with the raiders which included a probowl appearance.

Blackmon was a stud. Just was an addict; i don't consider him a bust (that would be RJ Soward) just a tragedy tbh. at least Blackmon produced despite 0 talent around him.

I can't defend anyone else on this list; a case can be made for Fowler but he's such a punk that I won't even bother defending him despite solid production for a year or two here.

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