(04-30-2021, 10:47 AM)The Eleventh Doctor Wrote: I'll just say that I'd much rather pick Etienne than trade up for Najee Harris and leave it at that.  If we traded up for anyone, it should've been Darrisaw.  Unfortunately I doubt our divisional opponents would let us protect our future QB for cheap.  Football Team was probably our best chance at trading up, but the price might've been too high.

agreed.

I certainly hope that Etienne is the next best thing when it comes to run games. I think a lot of the vitriol is more over the initial "what the heck are these unfamiliar FO people doing" reaction when they passed on so many top guys at other positions. I think a lot of the people that are so upset with the pick are likely the same ones that weren't gung ho when either Urbz or Baalke hirings were announced or folks who prefer bulk over twitch.

I have very little confidence that a track team is going to win on speed alone. We saw just this February what speed gets when protection fails. It's not the move I would have made, and frankly, the uncertainty that came with a board that apparently differed greatly from my own gives me pause with respect to tonight's picks.

As NH3 likes to say, "Time will tell".

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