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<blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 536965" data-attributes="member: 2232"><p>A) I don't say they must blossom immediately. I am saying there are always a bunch of NFL rookies who DO, and youw ant to be one of those teams who DO get that help from the rookies. Kenny Vacarro helped the Saints defense a lot this year. So has Eric Reid. So did Harrison Smith last year. Safeties. Remember our safeties can't tackle, and they set an all-time record of combining to intercept ZERO passes this season. His reliance on 2012 mid-round draft pick Jeron McMillian doomed this defense, as well as waiting for MD Jennings to "develop".</p><p></p><p>B) Ted's last 5 first round picks:</p><p>Datone, Nick Perry, Derek Sherrod, Bryan Bulaga, BJ Raji. The results are average at best. Below average IMO.</p><p>Again, if you IGNORE free agency, you have to do much better than average with your top picks. If you don't, well, you see teams like San Fran, Seattle, Carolina, New Orleans leap past you even with Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers can't do it all by himself.</p><p></p><p>C) The financial devastation to wasted high first round picks is less now in the new CBA. yes true. But we never are picking in the top-5 or high like that, where it's expensive and you tend to find the special talents. Last guy we had that high was AJ Hawk at #5 overall in a draft with special talented TE Vernon Davis and DL Haloti Ngata.</p><p></p><p>D) Draft & Develop is great.... but here's the thing: With the salary cap era, the teams who REAP BENEFITS while those guys are on their cheaper rookie contracts are the teams who do best. </p><p>Has Raji developed? Gotten better? How about Bulaga? Sherrod?</p><p></p><p>Did Hayward get better in his second year?</p><p></p><p>How about Jeron McMillian?</p><p>MD Jennings?</p><p>Jerel Worthy?</p><p>C.J. Wilson?</p><p>Morgan Burnett?</p><p>Nick Perry?</p><p>Any signs of progress from these players this year?</p><p>THOSE are the reasons why our defense, once again, broke down. </p><p></p><p>Guys coming out of college are physically ready. This isn't the NBA where they're one year in. They've usually been in college for 4 years, especially the Packers who don't like to take underclassmen.</p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p><u><strong>Final point:</strong></u></p><p>Ignore free agency/trade tools for roster assembly = better hit the top draft picks better than everyone else or else what has happened will happen again (we went from best in the NFL in 2011 to now just a top 5 NFC team)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankRizzo, post: 536965, member: 2232"] A) I don't say they must blossom immediately. I am saying there are always a bunch of NFL rookies who DO, and youw ant to be one of those teams who DO get that help from the rookies. Kenny Vacarro helped the Saints defense a lot this year. So has Eric Reid. So did Harrison Smith last year. Safeties. Remember our safeties can't tackle, and they set an all-time record of combining to intercept ZERO passes this season. His reliance on 2012 mid-round draft pick Jeron McMillian doomed this defense, as well as waiting for MD Jennings to "develop". B) Ted's last 5 first round picks: Datone, Nick Perry, Derek Sherrod, Bryan Bulaga, BJ Raji. The results are average at best. Below average IMO. Again, if you IGNORE free agency, you have to do much better than average with your top picks. If you don't, well, you see teams like San Fran, Seattle, Carolina, New Orleans leap past you even with Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers can't do it all by himself. C) The financial devastation to wasted high first round picks is less now in the new CBA. yes true. But we never are picking in the top-5 or high like that, where it's expensive and you tend to find the special talents. Last guy we had that high was AJ Hawk at #5 overall in a draft with special talented TE Vernon Davis and DL Haloti Ngata. D) Draft & Develop is great.... but here's the thing: With the salary cap era, the teams who REAP BENEFITS while those guys are on their cheaper rookie contracts are the teams who do best. Has Raji developed? Gotten better? How about Bulaga? Sherrod? Did Hayward get better in his second year? How about Jeron McMillian? MD Jennings? Jerel Worthy? C.J. Wilson? Morgan Burnett? Nick Perry? Any signs of progress from these players this year? THOSE are the reasons why our defense, once again, broke down. Guys coming out of college are physically ready. This isn't the NBA where they're one year in. They've usually been in college for 4 years, especially the Packers who don't like to take underclassmen. [U][B] Final point:[/B][/U] Ignore free agency/trade tools for roster assembly = better hit the top draft picks better than everyone else or else what has happened will happen again (we went from best in the NFL in 2011 to now just a top 5 NFC team) [/QUOTE]
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