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A lookback at Morgan's first draft


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6 hours ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

1.32 — WR Xavier Legette

2.46 — RB Jonathon Brooks

3.72 — LB Trevin Wallace

4.101 — TE Ja'Tavion Sanders

5.157 — CB Chau Smith-Wade

6.200 — DT Jaden Crumedy

7.240 — LB Michael Barrett

 

 

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Throw in the fact that you have to overpay free agents to come here.  Everyone wants to win--or at least have a decent chance at winning.

This followed the Bryce Young trade up draft.  That is the draft that crippled an already crippled franchise.   They moved up to #1 and paid the king's ransom only to admit that they weren't sure who they were going to draft--then they picked the wrong guy....amazing incompetence.

Now let's take a look at the AT trade--we basically got some future mid round draft capital.  Minnesota has a QB on their roster who reads quickly, is accurate, and is only 24.  (Brosmer).  Minnesota is keeping him on the roster because on the PS, they would lose him.  Is he the answer if we traded AT for him?  Maybe not, but there is potential--as much potential as you will find on day 3 of the draft.  He would be, at worst, the best backup QB on the roster.  Now, did we give Dalton a ton because he has a good relationship with Young?  What if Young does not work out?   Then you have 2 mistakes and no QB.

I dunno--I believe in competition, and I believe there should always be efforts to improve the roster--are we trying to make ourselves not look inept?  With Baker and Darnold leaving Charlotte for successful turnarounds, are we capable of having a good QB?   Cam was natural ability and he had the Alpha gene, and we drove him into the ground.

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15 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Without any real effort those 1st 3 picks could have been 

Ladd McConkey - WR

Zach Frazier - C 

Blake Corum - RB

2 difference makers and a highly ranked RB if we had still wanted to go that direction. It was so simple and it was hard not to screw up, yet.... 

I don't know if the problem is our scouting department, the front office, or both. What has become apparent is that our team is terrible at drafting. Every round we seem pass on players who could fill hole in our roster in favor of players who contribute NOTHING on the field and are often out of the league before their first contract expires. 

Are the scouts providing good intel but being ignored? Are they giving bad intel and the FO is going on their recommendation? Tepper needs to hire a consultant who is knowledgeable of the game and have him do a top to bottom examination of our personnel department and find out why are arguable the worst drafting team in the NFL. Why do we pass on players who excel in the league for garbage players who probably couldn't even make most rosters in the NFL as backups.

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9 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Without any real effort those 1st 3 picks could have been 

Ladd McConkey - WR

Zach Frazier - C 

Blake Corum - RB

2 difference makers and a highly ranked RB if we had still wanted to go that direction. It was so simple and it was hard not to screw up, yet.... 

there was a honeypot of talent at the end of first/top of 2nd and we took at 3rd round talent at best in a trade up lol

Ladd, Frazier, Sainristil, DeJean, there was a lot 

 

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