Quenton Nelson (G-ND) Rd #1 Pick #6

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Chaka

Can somebody explain in detail, rather than just stating it as a conclusion, why they think picking an exceptional guard prospect like Nelson at #6 is too high? Virtually every projection had him going in the 5-8 range. This isn't a situation where the Colts picked someone way before they were expected to be picked. Yet it seems to be a working assumption here that taking any guard, even one of Nelson's apparent caliber, at #6 was some sort of reach. I don't get it.

I read GoBigBlue's criticism at the outset of this thread, and Chromeburn's explanation of why an OT is usually considered more valuable than a guard, but neither have really answered my question about why it is impossible for an exceptional guard prospect like Nelson to merit being picked at #6, or why GBB's belief that an opposing team can simply avoid a guard would not also apply to an OT picked at the top of the draft.

People keep calling for nasty big uglies, but when we draft one, they whine.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

People keep calling for nasty big uglies, but when we draft one, they whine.

No one is complaining about drafting a Big Ugly, it is where he was drafted. You are better than this kind of bullshit.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Butter

No one is complaining about drafting a Big Ugly, it is where he was drafted. You are better than this kind of bullshit.

Look, we have drafted them later in the draft before and have gotten a bunch of JAGs. I would have preferred to go with defense, but if we get one on the OLine, I am not going to complain.

[rcubed]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Look, we have drafted them later in the draft before and have gotten a bunch of JAGs. I would have preferred to go with defense, but if we get one on the OLine, I am not going to complain.

Yeah, I was irritated by the guard pick at 6, I wanted a real difference maker on D there.

However, they did need to address the O-line and it looks like we are set on all 3 interior spots for a good while, so if AC can hold up at LT things are trending up in terms of OL play which should help a lot (especially with an improved scheme).

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by rcubed

Yeah, I was irritated by the guard pick at 6, I wanted a real difference maker on D there.

However, they did need to address the O-line and it looks like we are set on all 3 interior spots for a good while, so if AC can hold up at LT things are trending up in terms of OL play which should help a lot (especially with an improved scheme).

I wanted a defensive playmaker too. But if at the end of the day Luck gets hit a lot less and stays healthy I think everyone will be happy. And we should win a lot more games.