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Leeroy Jenkins PhD

By Leeroy Jenkins PhD,
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5 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Why? Everyone knows this is a bad OT class. I don't want us to reach. Too much potential at other positions to reach for an OT who isn't going to do much. We signed Kalil and Oher may be healthier than we know. I wouldn't mind taking a developmental guy who has starting potential, but that isn't going to be early. I watched the Senior Bowl and it sure as fug showed how bad some of the guys really were and those were guys who had been mocked in the 2nd/3rd before the Senior Bowl.

I feel you. We've been hearing this for the last 5-6 years, yet someone makes pro-bowl and all-pro every year. If you pull the trigger on one of these OT, I guarantee that they will be better than what you have on your roster now. If ALL of the OT's are that bad, then whey would anyone draft any of them. I'm just tired hearing that stupid line of how every year is a terrible OT class. It's getting old, seriously. Need I remind you of the Edmund Kugbila debacle? David Bakhtiari was picked one pick after good 'ole Kugbila. He made the pro-bowl from the '13 draft. I believe good 'ole DG(Doller General), was resposible. He's been using that lame ass line since then. Now, you all are repeating it. 

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2 minutes ago, 15 said:

thank you for sharing this. this is something I've tried to explain to a lot of users on this forum. maybe I need to switch to reddit.

I love the format where you can downvote dumb comments.  It allows you to see the actual popular opinions and reduces the amount of poo-posts and trolls. 

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3 minutes ago, @bonafidebanter said:

Well, keep on getting low budget OT's. Keep getting UDFA OT's and see how that work out for ya.

About as well as drafting a guy high this year would, with the added bonus that we'd miss out on a good player at another spot.

Just because you draft someone with a high pick doesn't make them good. In fact, if you take someone with a high pick when they aren't worth it, you're actually making your team worse.

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2 minutes ago, @bonafidebanter said:

Well, keep on getting low budget OT's. Keep getting UDFA OT's and see how that work out for ya.

It seems it takes longer for OT's to achieve success in the NFL now. There are almost no left tackles coming into the league and playing well in their first year. So I think you have to consider even highly drafted OT's as projects, and be prepared to wait 2 or more years for them to start to play well.

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12 minutes ago, Marguide said:

It seems it takes longer for OT's to achieve success in the NFL now. There are almost no left tackles coming into the league and playing well in their first year. So I think you have to consider even highly drafted OT's as projects, and be prepared to wait 2 or more years for them to start to play well.

You also have to coach them up. There are still OL coaches in the NFL, right? 

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44 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

About as well as drafting a guy high this year would, with the added bonus that we'd miss out on a good player at another spot.

Just because you draft someone with a high pick doesn't make them good. In fact, if you take someone with a high pick when they aren't worth it, you're actually making your team worse.

You don't have to draft OT's high to get better than what the Panthers have on the roster now. I never said anything about drafting one high. Just draft one! Or two!

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