Verdict
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Its early to know anything for sure and things can look better or worse over time. It looks like our 2016 draft was an EPIC draft, and 2017 is, well, possibly nullifying that great draft.
It looks like we major league reached on Taco. While it is too early to call that pick a bust, it doesn't make you feel all warm and fuzzy does it? So far that pick looks like a big whiff and a miss.
Our second round pick, Awuzie, hasn't been able to get on the field much and when he has, he really hasn't done anything special. There is hope for this pick, but so far we aren't seeing anything significant out of him either.
Our third round pick, Lewis, was hailed as possibly the steal of the draft at the time the pick was made. He has shown flashes that he can play at a high level which is more than the players drafted in front of him have done. Recently though he seems to have regressed. I have seen bad angles and missed opportunities out of him. Having said that, so far, it looks like he may be a player who has the best chance of having long term impact on this roster.
Switzer. Very polarizing player. He was drafted to be a kickoff returner and muffed a punt early in the season and it appeared to shake his confidence. Having said that, he seems to be mentally tough and is starting to regain his confidence. The staff seems to just refuse to get him on the field on offense other than to run the jet sweep that everyone knows is coming.
Woods. I don't know what to think of this guy. You will see him make an occasional play here or there and then appear to be brain dead, or a brain donor on others. I'm not holding out hope on this guy.
Marquez White. Who is he? We need to put him on the back of a milk carton.
Joey Ivey. The Marinelli cheer leader pick. You would think we had just drafted Warren Sapp based on Marinelli's reaction. What a wasted cheer leading effort. Nothing.
Noah Brown. I liked the possibilities this pick brought to the table, but we refuse to use him. We should be seeing what he can do and be getting reps.
Jordan Carrell. Does anyone even know who this guy is?
I'm not saying these guys are definitely busts, but do any of you have any real confidence in this draft class? I don't at this point. I think Lewis is the guy most likely to earn his pay check out of this draft class, with Switzer being a distant second. It's not looking very good for the home team.
This is what happens when you reach for need. It would have been better to have taken the BPA all the way through this draft. Most likely the BPA when we picked in the first was probably a CB. Our strategy of trying to hit a home run by reaching for need in the first and hoping it would be justified by the corner depth of this class may have pissed off the first and second round picks in the process. Time will tell.
It looks like we major league reached on Taco. While it is too early to call that pick a bust, it doesn't make you feel all warm and fuzzy does it? So far that pick looks like a big whiff and a miss.
Our second round pick, Awuzie, hasn't been able to get on the field much and when he has, he really hasn't done anything special. There is hope for this pick, but so far we aren't seeing anything significant out of him either.
Our third round pick, Lewis, was hailed as possibly the steal of the draft at the time the pick was made. He has shown flashes that he can play at a high level which is more than the players drafted in front of him have done. Recently though he seems to have regressed. I have seen bad angles and missed opportunities out of him. Having said that, so far, it looks like he may be a player who has the best chance of having long term impact on this roster.
Switzer. Very polarizing player. He was drafted to be a kickoff returner and muffed a punt early in the season and it appeared to shake his confidence. Having said that, he seems to be mentally tough and is starting to regain his confidence. The staff seems to just refuse to get him on the field on offense other than to run the jet sweep that everyone knows is coming.
Woods. I don't know what to think of this guy. You will see him make an occasional play here or there and then appear to be brain dead, or a brain donor on others. I'm not holding out hope on this guy.
Marquez White. Who is he? We need to put him on the back of a milk carton.
Joey Ivey. The Marinelli cheer leader pick. You would think we had just drafted Warren Sapp based on Marinelli's reaction. What a wasted cheer leading effort. Nothing.
Noah Brown. I liked the possibilities this pick brought to the table, but we refuse to use him. We should be seeing what he can do and be getting reps.
Jordan Carrell. Does anyone even know who this guy is?
I'm not saying these guys are definitely busts, but do any of you have any real confidence in this draft class? I don't at this point. I think Lewis is the guy most likely to earn his pay check out of this draft class, with Switzer being a distant second. It's not looking very good for the home team.
This is what happens when you reach for need. It would have been better to have taken the BPA all the way through this draft. Most likely the BPA when we picked in the first was probably a CB. Our strategy of trying to hit a home run by reaching for need in the first and hoping it would be justified by the corner depth of this class may have pissed off the first and second round picks in the process. Time will tell.
