Good point. Reaching for a a guy just because he has [edge] next to his name has a success rate of slightly above 0%. The point here is if you can take another position of need where there is a player with more skill and talent you increase the odd's of getting a quality player. You seem to think we should have taken a lesser player than Simmons because he played edge? Is this your logic? That JRob should just pick 6 or 7 edge guys this draft because his odds are better every time he selects one? If you want to make this argument go back and tell us who we should have drafted instead of another player we drafted and maybe with 20/20 hindsight you might actually find someone. Facts are he took Dodd (it takes a few years to know you got a dud), traded up to get Landry (while Morgan and Orakpo were still on the roster), has brought in FAs and signed Dupree this off-season. Clowney got hurt last year so I guess that is on JRob. Same thing happened with Cameron Wake who looked great until he got hurt. The effort was there but the cupboard was bare across the board.
Without hindsight on Simmons, on draft day, yes, I would have preferred an edge rusher over Simmons. Was a great pick, don’t know if we could have had a great Edge rusher then too.
“Lesser player” is subjective to the order of predraft rankings.
All kind of scouts say Farley was the best CB but comes with injury risk. The “lesser player” I’m suggesting is an edge rusher that wouldn’t be available for our pick round 2. So to the degree of “lesser player” we’re talking about subjective, predraft rankings, between picks 24 to (assuming no trades) 60. I get it, everyone here but me would be pissed if JRob took a guy projected anything 2nd round, in the first round. It’s some sort of blasphemy with subjective predraft “value”.
there is literally no less of a crap shoot gamble on a CB with injury risk over an Edge player taken in the first round.
despite your take on “slightly over 0%” for a “reach” (again that weird draft day blasphemy on value) it is almost insignificantly different of a % than taking Farley. You definitely have the idea that a “reach” for a guy predraft ranked at say 32 is a waste at 24 never mind the larger hole of need he would fill.
I’ve never suggested spending an entire draft on edge. I get there are other holes. Edge is a consistent hole that has been there the entirety of JRobs position with 2 draft picks spent in 6 years, in the first 2 rounds, Landry and Dodd.
And my point still remains that pass rush is more important than Def secondary overall. So if we’re balancing out the holes needed to be filled, edge should still be the highest one and almost unanimously agreed on among this entire board prior to Draft day (feel free to re-read our boards on the matter).
As far as clowney, that’s the good attempt but it failed and he was expensive even if only for 1 year. Beasley was a waste and a risk. Wake had literally 1 good game then got injured 4-5 games later. Dupree is a risk still. IF he isn’t healthy, maybe Weaver is the guy but it appears he may not be available if things don’t play our right (not blaming JRob for that part)