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Ah, it's the old unless you've seen other teams boards, you don't know defense.
Of course you could say the same thing for those that say it wasn't a reach too...but I'll play along.
Let's put it this way. In every draft resource available to an informed fan, Travis Frederick was definitely, not maybe, a reach in the 1st round. And this is coming from a guy who actually mentioned his name pre-draft in support of the player.
I just call a spade a spade. No spin. Ever. It is what it is. They bypassed a superior talent on their board to take a trade that wasn't good value because they were targeting need. The GM admitted as much after the fact. Frederick was "the last of the mohicans". We had to have him.
Of course you could say the same thing for those that say it wasn't a reach too...but I'll play along.
Let's put it this way. In every draft resource available to an informed fan, Travis Frederick was definitely, not maybe, a reach in the 1st round. And this is coming from a guy who actually mentioned his name pre-draft in support of the player.
I just call a spade a spade. No spin. Ever. It is what it is. They bypassed a superior talent on their board to take a trade that wasn't good value because they were targeting need. The GM admitted as much after the fact. Frederick was "the last of the mohicans". We had to have him.