(09-22-2020, 08:12 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(09-22-2020, 07:58 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: Wrong again.  He was above average in his player grades most years.  And they did not draft him for his sack production, he is an interior lineman.  He only had a handful of sacks in college... why would you think he'd do better in the pros?  They drafted him to push the pocket and stuff the run.  Again, I am not defending Gene Smith for where he took him in the first round, but if you do not think he has been a good player, how has he been an NFL starter for 11 seasons?  Please do not make absurd arguments on here when you have no idea what you are talking about.

You're wrong man, i dont care what the grades said when he was here.  They drafted him to be a 3tech not a NT, they drafted him on potential not production, pretty much the same reason we drafted Bryan.  Roy Miller was a much better NT when he was here and he definitely wasnt a better 3 tech than Marks.  He was good player to have come off the bench though.  Not to mention this is his 4th year at Pit and his 1st year starting for them.

A 3tech is an interior D-lineman.  Regardless, if he were a 3rd rounder, we'd have been loving him.  He was not a great player by any means, but if you're in the League for 11 seasons, you are doing something right.

Gene Smith was a disaster.  Absolute disaster.  I am not him defending AT ALL.  But Caldwell's winning percentage is even WORSE.  In eight years, his second best record is 6-10.  If we have a 3rd consecutive season of 6-10 or worse after all this time with him in charge, he has GOTTA GO.

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