"When you reach, you get screwed." - Dave fuging Gettleman

[XClown1986]

I'm all in on getting a BLUE GOOSE!!!

[The Huddler]

Those saying Kug is a bad pick for sure are guessing.

[Mol3m4n]

28th pick is basically the 2nd round. Don't know why people can't see that. Do if a guy is valued as a high second rounder and he feels a dire need for you. Y not take him

 

Hurney 2.0.

 

Might as well go ahead and take someone projected for the seventh round. Our pick is close enough.

[CarolinaCoolin]

he was being recruited by top schools in the south but couldn't get in because of his SAT scores, which were low mainly because he had only been in the US for a few years at that point thanks to his parents winning a US visa lottery in ghana. the SAT isn't particularly immigrant friendly. he got his grades up to where he could have transferred, but he didn't leave valdosta st. because....well....he liked being there.

he absolutely dominated his competition while at valdosta, but was still very raw...again, because he was new to things here. he didn't grow up with american football. he got really big while there and worked his ass and gut off to get ready for the draft and probably stressed his body too much in a short amount of time which made him susceptible to injuries like a hamstring pull.

he needed polishing and coaching and education which is why they felt comfortable redshirting him. the potential is there for him to be really good. he's as strong as anyone and has incredibly long arms and is quick (albeit a bit awkward moving) for a man of his size. he's got great work ethic as well. he's pretty much a blank slate as a prospect, but a great canvas to work with from what i can see. coaching and then experience are the only things he's lacking. the rest is pretty much everything you would want in a lineman. i wouldn't read too much into his going on IR last year. i don't think he was expected to be a first year contributor, although they probably would have liked that. he was definitely a project. will he pay off? i dunno, but i think it's worth seeing through.

This.

[Montsta]

Hurney 2.0.

Might as well go ahead and take someone projected for the seventh round. Our pick is close enough.

You can't possibly be comparing the thought of taking a highly graded 2nd round prospect at 28 in the first as being the same as taking a 7th rounder because hey, it's close enough can you?

[Smith vs Lucas]

I hope we take Ryan Shazier LB in the first. Allen Robinson or Jordan Mathews WR in the Second.

[Kuech the Sneak]

Hard to have an opinion on kugbila since nobody really knows anything about him but the pick is still a bit questionable

[Ruff]

I think Gettleman was, while smokescreening, was also preparing the fan base for a pick that some might would consider an outrage.

[fjblair]

Time for chubs to put his money where his mouth is. From what I have seen thus far I am not expecting much.

[fjblair]

That is hilarious since he has done nothing but "reach" since he got here.

[El Chingon]

Great quote.

[MV%doe]

I think that was some major smoke blowing.

 

 

i dont agree, theres good value DL picks projected at 28. cole and edwards are old and on one year deals. it wouldnt surprise me at all if DT or DE was the pick. 

[Mr. Scot]

i dont agree, theres good value DL picks projected at 28. cole and edwards are old and on one year deals. it wouldnt surprise me at all if DT or DE was the pick.

I don't think "blue goose" equates to "good value" though.

If someone like Aaron Donald fell to 28, then we'd be talking "blue goose".

(I'd be shocked to see that, though)

[scarface]

I hope we take Ryan Shazier LB in the first. 

No thanks bro.