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[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

Bottom line is that basically everyone had Lattimore ranked ahead of McCaffrey, and there was plenty of justification for us to take him. 

We didn't because of medical concerns and he missed three games as a rookie. We'll have to see how it all plays out 4 or 5 years from now. You don't draft a guy just for his rookie season.

[top dawg]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We didn't because of medical concerns and he missed three games as a rookie. We'll have to see how it all plays out 4 or 5 years from now. You don't draft a guy just for his rookie season.

Four or five years from now won't change last season.  Lattimore was absolutely a force to be reckoned with, and he may have been a game changer for us,  especially against the Saints. 

[ChibCU]

21 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Four or five years from now won't change last season.  Lattimore was absolutely a force to be reckoned with, and he may have been a game changer for us,  especially against the Saints. 

I would have hated to see our offense last season without the addition of McCaffrey.

[LinvilleGorge]

43 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Four or five years from now won't change last season.  Lattimore was absolutely a force to be reckoned with, and he may have been a game changer for us,  especially against the Saints. 

Imagine our offense without CMC last season. Yikes.

[top dawg]

23 minutes ago, ChibCU said:

I would have hated to see our offense last season without the addition of McCaffrey.

Yeah,  but it may have looked good with Kamara, Mixon or Cook also. We certainly had the picks to make it happen as well as pick up Lattimore in the first. 

And don't get me wrong,  I like CMC,  Butler and Thompson.  I just don't believe they were the best picks at the time,  given our situation (and the windows that Gettleman doesn't believe in).