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This year it looks very promising as there is a deep class of edge players who have value around our pick. Obviously in hindsight you could argue anyone besides Wilson could have been a better pick last year. Unfortunate our 2nd and 3rd round picks were hurt a big part of the year.
Picking in the draft isn't like going to Walmart. You don't take a guy just because there is a need. I also give JRob a huge amount of credit for paying to keep Kelly and even with Lewan going down Sambrailo and Quiz filled in pretty well (Henry ran for 2000 despite a significant drop in talent at both OT spots from a year ago). Those are the kind of things that get overlooked. Add in David Long filling in for Brown and JRob doesn't get enough credit for taking both of those guys in the draft. Lot of value where he got them.
Now Clowney and Beasley were risky. That is why they only got one year deals. Those of us who argued about Clowney (low production and injury) were berated by those who insisted the guy was a stud and you can't look at sack numbers. Well, Clowney didn't get many sacks nor did he help the defense much in other ways and he got hurt. Reviewing the FA pool and what players actually were productive there really wasn't much to choose from.
Still, the draft is a crap shoot and we have Nate Orchard on our team just to prove that point. 2nd round pick who had 18.5 sacks his Sr. year at Utah and has 6 career sacks in 6 seasons and 3 of those came in his rookie season. I'm actually happy we don't have a bunch of huge gaps to fill but any team is going to suffer when you have the injuries we had.
Picking in the draft isn't like going to Walmart. You don't take a guy just because there is a need. I also give JRob a huge amount of credit for paying to keep Kelly and even with Lewan going down Sambrailo and Quiz filled in pretty well (Henry ran for 2000 despite a significant drop in talent at both OT spots from a year ago). Those are the kind of things that get overlooked. Add in David Long filling in for Brown and JRob doesn't get enough credit for taking both of those guys in the draft. Lot of value where he got them.
Now Clowney and Beasley were risky. That is why they only got one year deals. Those of us who argued about Clowney (low production and injury) were berated by those who insisted the guy was a stud and you can't look at sack numbers. Well, Clowney didn't get many sacks nor did he help the defense much in other ways and he got hurt. Reviewing the FA pool and what players actually were productive there really wasn't much to choose from.
Still, the draft is a crap shoot and we have Nate Orchard on our team just to prove that point. 2nd round pick who had 18.5 sacks his Sr. year at Utah and has 6 career sacks in 6 seasons and 3 of those came in his rookie season. I'm actually happy we don't have a bunch of huge gaps to fill but any team is going to suffer when you have the injuries we had.