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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AmishMafia" data-source="post: 499928" data-attributes="member: 2846">huh?    they also drafted Calvin Johnson.  What's your point?The Vikings drafted Adrien Peterson who had significant injury history/concerns.  Titus Young is a very talented and athletic receiver.  Put even the maturity of a 17 year old (instead of 12) and you have a top 15 draft pick.  Every pick a GM makes there is risk that must be balanced with reward.  Young was not a top 15 pick because of concerns of his maturity.  He went where he did as a high risk but high reward pick.  If he would have buckled down and grew up, the lions would  have had an impressive talent at a cheap price.You are fooling yourself if you think a GM can be 100% accurate on their picks.  Justin Harrel without the injury is a top 5 pick.  TT took a shot in a draft with limited talent options at their pick.  The pick is widely panned by most fans as a mistake.  In hindsight, yes, it was.  At the time it was a risky pick with HUGE upside.  At the time, it was a great pick.  Maybe TT miscalculated the risk, I don't know.  The fact that the college issue, torn biceps, was unrelated to his pro injury makes me think it was bad luck and nit a miscallculation. It was unfortunate he tweeted his back lifting weights, it caused pain and decreased his mobility.  We will never know what he could have become.</blockquote>

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