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<blockquote data-quote="Greg C." data-source="post: 14608" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>ORRELSE: Imagine this scenario. You draft a punter with a high pick. He has a bad training camp so you waive him. He's picked up by another team (which he most likely would have been--how often does a GM get a chance to pick up a third round pick for nothing?) and put onto their practice squad. A year or two later he's starting, and he turns out to be one of the best punters in the league. That means you got burned twice--once with the wasted draft pick and again because the guy is punting for ANOTHER TEAM. </p><p></p><p>Rightly or wrongly, if Sherman didn't believe Sander had that kind of potential, he wouldn't have drafted him in the third round to begin with. So by keeping Sander, Sherman stuck to his convictions. Had he given up on Sander and Sander went on to become a good punter for another team, Sherman would be ripped mercilessly for being wishy-washy by the very same people who now rip him for sticking to his convictions. </p><p></p><p>And by the way, there was at least one team that kept two punters on its roster a few years ago. I'm pretty sure it was San Diego. I don't know if any other teams have done it. By the same token, I could ask you how many teams have waived players who were selected in the third round. I'm guessing that's a pretty rare occurence, barring injury or off-field troubles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg C., post: 14608, member: 195"] ORRELSE: Imagine this scenario. You draft a punter with a high pick. He has a bad training camp so you waive him. He's picked up by another team (which he most likely would have been--how often does a GM get a chance to pick up a third round pick for nothing?) and put onto their practice squad. A year or two later he's starting, and he turns out to be one of the best punters in the league. That means you got burned twice--once with the wasted draft pick and again because the guy is punting for ANOTHER TEAM. Rightly or wrongly, if Sherman didn't believe Sander had that kind of potential, he wouldn't have drafted him in the third round to begin with. So by keeping Sander, Sherman stuck to his convictions. Had he given up on Sander and Sander went on to become a good punter for another team, Sherman would be ripped mercilessly for being wishy-washy by the very same people who now rip him for sticking to his convictions. And by the way, there was at least one team that kept two punters on its roster a few years ago. I'm pretty sure it was San Diego. I don't know if any other teams have done it. By the same token, I could ask you how many teams have waived players who were selected in the third round. I'm guessing that's a pretty rare occurence, barring injury or off-field troubles. [/QUOTE]
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