(04-18-2022, 07:15 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(04-18-2022, 04:31 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Wouldn’t that lead you to believe it’s Hutch?

Pick Hutch and he busts (low chance), no one can really fault you for that.

Pick Walker and he busts, then you’re the doofus who passed on Hutchinson for a guy based purely on athletic ability.

I dont understand this, if Hutch busts hes definitely at fault.  Hes the GM making the pick, regardless who he picks hes at fault if the guy he picks number 1 overall is a bust.  If he hits then he gets the credit.  If he drafts Hutch and he ends up being a bust people arent gonna look back and say, well a lot of the fans wanted him so he gets a pass lol.  Baalke has the number 1 pick, hes the GM and its on him to find the right guy regardless

It may be his fault, but fans would be a lot easier on him, since almost everyone thinks Hutchinson is a better choice than Walker. I certainly won't fault him if he takes Hutchinson and he busts, because I can't imagine a world where Hutchinson would completely fail. Maybe he never lives up to the extreme hype, but to be a bust? I just don't see any scenario where he is as bad as Chaisson has been. Now that guy is a bust!

If he chooses Walker and he busts though, I'll be ready to ditch this franchise due to the incompetence of the front office. Walker has never even played the position of 3-4 OLB. Taking him would be totally going against the grain. If he takes Walker #1 overall and he performs as badly as Chaisson has been, Baalke won't last passed this coming season as the GM. It would basically be proof that all the bad things the fans have been saying about him would be confirmed.

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(04-18-2022, 07:31 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(04-18-2022, 07:15 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I dont understand this, if Hutch busts hes definitely at fault.  Hes the GM making the pick, regardless who he picks hes at fault if the guy he picks number 1 overall is a bust.  If he hits then he gets the credit.  If he drafts Hutch and he ends up being a bust people arent gonna look back and say, well a lot of the fans wanted him so he gets a pass lol.  Baalke has the number 1 pick, hes the GM and its on him to find the right guy regardless

It’s not a lot fans that want Hutchinson. It’s the fact that he’s pretty much the consensus #1 pick this year.

If Trevor busts, should Baalke take the blame for that even though every single manager in the history of the NFL would have made that pick?

If Trevor busts, that's not on Baalke. That would basically be on EVERYONE. The fans, the front office, NFL analysts, draft "gurus" and who ever else. Basically 99.9% of everyone who has ever watched NFL football would've made that pick including myself.

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