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<blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 539839" data-attributes="member: 2232"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><u><strong>2011 NFL Draft:</strong></u></span></p><p></p><p>Pick #131 <span style="color: #006600"><strong>Green Bay Packers, Cornerback Davon House</strong></span>, New Mexico St</p><p>Pick #141 Green Bay Packers, Tight End DJ Williams, Arkansas</p><p>Pick #154 <span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Seattle Seahawks, Cornerback Richard Sherman</strong></span>, Stanford</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Who does the scouting?</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Who makes the selections?</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Capers or Thompson?</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>If Thompson ignores the other tools of roster assembly, such as adding fair-priced NFL veteran free agents like Seattle this past off-season added Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril, than Ted cannot make misses like this. </strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>At that ^ point in the draft, there probably were a handful of CB's he could have chosen from his board. He took House. Seattle took Sherman. <br /> Which has made Seattle's defense so much better than ours, A) them adding 2 proven GOOD NFL pass rushers in Avril & Bennett, or B) them getting the right CB here that we didn't? <br /> <br /> I don't understand why we never draft guys from Stanford or Notre Dame. Zero on our roster. Do we only have Pac-10 scouts out west for UCLA and USC? </strong><em>(edit, we just signed street free agent Chase Thomas who played at Stanford)</em></li> </ul><p></p><p><img src="http://media.bonnint.net/seattle/10/1048/104846.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site569/2013/0814/20130814__1-davon%20house_400.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]11939[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]11940[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]11941[/ATTACH] </p><p><img src="http://wpmedia.blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/11/pack2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><img src="http://media.jrn.com/images/660*487/mct-sports-fbn-packers-rams-3-sl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]11942[/ATTACH] </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><u><strong>Seahawks 2010 Draft:</strong></u></span></p><p>LT Russell Okung</p><p>S Earl Thomas</p><p>WR Golden Tate</p><p>S Kam Chancellor</p><p></p><p><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Seahawks 2012 Draft</strong></span></u></p><p>DE/OLB Bruce Irvin</p><p>ILB Bobby Wagner</p><p>QB Russell Wilson</p><p></p><p>This off-season, Seattle, already coming off an NFC Final-4 appearance last year with rookie QB Russell Wilson, added the following VETERAN players to their roster, in addition to still participating in the NFL Draft:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WR Percy Harvin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DE Cliff Avril<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DE Michael Bennett <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DT Tony McDaniel</li> </ul><p>Now you all know Harvin has not paid any dividends as he's barely played, and he cost them their #1 draft pick last draft (2013). But they knew the player they were getting as he had done well vs NFL competition. Same with those D-linemen. They weren't high-priced Pro Bowlers. But they, like Terrance Knighton on Denver today at NT, were proven vets.</p><p>Contrast that to taking guys in Rds 1 and 2 and banking on them making you better. How much better did rookies Nick Perry & Jerel Worthy make us last year? How about Datone Jones this year?</p><p></p><p>I guarantee you Dom Capers is pretty tired of his boss giving him so many raw rookies, expecting him to develop them into NFL studs overnight, while other teams like the Hawks and Niners (Justin Smith, Ahmad Brooks, Donte Whitner, Carlos Rogers, Glen Dorsey) add talented FA's in addition to drafting the right guys (Bowman, Willis, Aldon Smith).</p><p></p><p>Yes I owe Capers an apology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankRizzo, post: 539839, member: 2232"] [SIZE=6][U][B]2011 NFL Draft:[/B][/U][/SIZE] Pick #131 [COLOR=#006600][B]Green Bay Packers, Cornerback Davon House[/B][/COLOR], New Mexico St Pick #141 Green Bay Packers, Tight End DJ Williams, Arkansas Pick #154 [COLOR=#0000ff][B]Seattle Seahawks, Cornerback Richard Sherman[/B][/COLOR], Stanford [LIST] [*][B]Who does the scouting?[/B] [*][B]Who makes the selections?[/B] [*][B]Capers or Thompson?[/B] [*][B]If Thompson ignores the other tools of roster assembly, such as adding fair-priced NFL veteran free agents like Seattle this past off-season added Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril, than Ted cannot make misses like this. [/B] [*][B]At that ^ point in the draft, there probably were a handful of CB's he could have chosen from his board. He took House. Seattle took Sherman. Which has made Seattle's defense so much better than ours, A) them adding 2 proven GOOD NFL pass rushers in Avril & Bennett, or B) them getting the right CB here that we didn't? I don't understand why we never draft guys from Stanford or Notre Dame. Zero on our roster. Do we only have Pac-10 scouts out west for UCLA and USC? [/B][I](edit, we just signed street free agent Chase Thomas who played at Stanford)[/I][B][/B] [/LIST] [IMG]http://media.bonnint.net/seattle/10/1048/104846.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site569/2013/0814/20130814__1-davon%20house_400.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH=full]11939[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]11940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]11941[/ATTACH] [IMG]http://wpmedia.blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/11/pack2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://media.jrn.com/images/660*487/mct-sports-fbn-packers-rams-3-sl.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH=full]11942[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#0000ff][U][B][/B][/U] [U][B]Seahawks 2010 Draft:[/B][/U][/COLOR] LT Russell Okung S Earl Thomas WR Golden Tate S Kam Chancellor [U][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Seahawks 2012 Draft[/B][/COLOR][/U] DE/OLB Bruce Irvin ILB Bobby Wagner QB Russell Wilson This off-season, Seattle, already coming off an NFC Final-4 appearance last year with rookie QB Russell Wilson, added the following VETERAN players to their roster, in addition to still participating in the NFL Draft: [LIST] [*]WR Percy Harvin [*]DE Cliff Avril [*]DE Michael Bennett [*]DT Tony McDaniel [/LIST] Now you all know Harvin has not paid any dividends as he's barely played, and he cost them their #1 draft pick last draft (2013). But they knew the player they were getting as he had done well vs NFL competition. Same with those D-linemen. They weren't high-priced Pro Bowlers. But they, like Terrance Knighton on Denver today at NT, were proven vets. Contrast that to taking guys in Rds 1 and 2 and banking on them making you better. How much better did rookies Nick Perry & Jerel Worthy make us last year? How about Datone Jones this year? I guarantee you Dom Capers is pretty tired of his boss giving him so many raw rookies, expecting him to develop them into NFL studs overnight, while other teams like the Hawks and Niners (Justin Smith, Ahmad Brooks, Donte Whitner, Carlos Rogers, Glen Dorsey) add talented FA's in addition to drafting the right guys (Bowman, Willis, Aldon Smith). Yes I owe Capers an apology. [/QUOTE]
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