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Originally Posted by Spike
I really like Jenkins too, just not as a left tackle. Houston is getting too fucking old. Me and Spears like Paye, obviously you have doubts about him and that's ok. I've added a video of Spears talking about Paye. If I remember correctly, I ranked Sewell as my number one tackle, and you had him ranked a lot lower. Yet Sewell was the first LT taken in the draft. These fucking scouts know a hell of a lot more than you and me. I watch a lot of Pac 12 games due to the fact that I live in Commifornia and Sewell was a beast. I'm no fucking expert on these prospects coming out of the draft, I readily admit that. But that's ok, there is a lot more going on than either you or I know about. At the end of the day, we are just fans, we don't get paid for being right or wrong. You have takes that make you look like a smart MF if you are right. You liked Russel Wilson over RGIII, and after the first year you were right. RGIII was a hell of a talent until he got fucked up in his rookie year. Be happy we drafted two top DE's that have the potential to be game changers, Jenkins is not a game changer and never will be. Outside of Sewell and Slater, I wasn't very high on any of the other linemen doing jack shit at the left tackle position, including Darrisaw. Oh well, it's fun to debate this shit.
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I just don't get the idea that these scouts know so much more than us, especially if you can watch the same games (they do have the advantage of college All-22, which is the holy grail of scouting) and learn what makes a player good and what doesn't. Also, I'm obviously not the only person who thinks Jenkins is a LT, because the Bears released a perfectly solid starting caliber NFL LT to plug Jenkins in there. I know you disparaged the Bears front office before, and I'm inclined to agree with you on their overall incompetence, but they had one hell of a draft, and by your logic, they are an NFL scouting group that believes in Jenkins's ability to play LT. I think they're right, they got 2 of the top 15 players in this draft, and they filled 2 of the 3 most important positions in football with them.
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Originally Posted by Racehorse
I am hoping we have drafted our Mathis and Freeney this year. That is one element that we have sorely missed.
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Irsay is hoping for that too. I will say this: I hate Kwity Paye the draft pick because his floor is bust, but I love Kwity Paye the human, because he appears to have a great deal of internal motivation to succeed as well as such an amazing story, and I hope that that translates into Kwity Paye the player developing an arsenal of pass rush moves and becoming the devastating edge defender he could be at his ceiling.