Hitchens - Was he a good draft pick?

[xwalker]

The Hitchens pick was much criticized here both at the time and continuing for a few years.

He was a 4th round pick.

Rate the pick.

Would you be OK with a Hitchens clone in the 4th again?

Is @Risen Star still saying Hitchens is not a legit NFL player?

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

I would give Hitch a B+ considering where he was drafted.

As far as talent and production compared to the rest of the linebackers in the league I give him a B

 

[condoin125]

He was a fantastic draft pick from the 4th round....I'm not sure how anyone could come to any conclusion besides that.

 

[DEA_dad]

He played well while here and if we flip him for a compensatory pick I’ll call that a win, we weren’t gonna pay him what Indy did regardless

 

[CATCH17]

Yes but he took awhile to develop and by the time he did he was ready for some other team to reap the benefits.

 

[The Quest for Six]

The Hitchens pick was much criticized here both at the time and continuing for a few years.

He was a 4th round pick.

Rate the pick.

Would you be OK with a Hitchens clone in the 4th again?

Is @Risen Star still saying Hitchens is not a legit NFL player?

I found Hitchens a very limited serviceable player, he's an in the box type player who is good moving forward, other than that, he's just a guy IMO...

 

[The Quest for Six]

He was a fantastic draft pick from the 4th round....I'm not sure how anyone could come to any conclusion besides that.

Bradie James was a far better fourth round linebacker

 

[Idgit]

Lol. Yeah, I think when you get a guy who goes on to get a $45MM deal in the 4th round you can be satisfied with the pick in retrospect.

The lesson here is to actually see the players on the field before you decide you're 100% certain they're going to suck and the front office is clueless. Of course, none of us will learn that lesson.

 

[the_h0wey]

The Hitchens pick was much criticized here both at the time and continuing for a few years.

He was a 4th round pick.

Rate the pick.

Would you be OK with a Hitchens clone in the 4th again?

Is @Risen Star still saying Hitchens is not a legit NFL player?

He was a good pick, and I wish he was still on our team. Like most free agents he was overpaid.

 

[Aviano90]

Yeah, Hitchens was a good pick. I'd advocate for getting that value again in the 4th round.

 

[4lifecowboy]

Great player for a 4th rounder, factor in the fact that we usually forfeit a 2nd rounder every year on a high risk/return player, any time we have a contribtion from our 4th rounder is a win.

 

[Hardline]

He outplayed his 4th round status.
Losing him will be felt.

 

[JW82]

Telvin Smith was sitting there, when we took him. That was the better pick, but Hitch was a quality player for a 4th rounder.

 

[waldoputty]

The Hitchens pick was much criticized here both at the time and continuing for a few years.

He was a 4th round pick.

Rate the pick.

Would you be OK with a Hitchens clone in the 4th again?

Is @Risen Star still saying Hitchens is not a legit NFL player?

A, given a 4th round pick and a starter, fantastic draft pick.
the chance of a 4th round lb becoming a starter is pretty low, <<50%

 

[Kaiser]

he lesson here is to actually see the players on the field before you decide you're 100% certain they're going to suck and the front office is clueless. Of course, none of us will learn that lesson.

I think more than half the posters here learned that lesson long ago, and the vast majority here wouldn't spend months arguing about a 4th round pick just because they hadn't read much about the pick prior to the draft.

 

[lkelly]

If they hadn't picked up the flag then he would have been a bad pick.

 

[buybuydandavis]

The lesson here is to actually see the players on the field before you decide you're 100% certain they're going to suck and the front office is clueless. Of course, none of us will learn that lesson.

Backup players should play as a matter of course. Other players can use a rest, and they can use the development. Simply knowing that you're going to play will spur your diligence in preparation during the week. It might also spur the starters with a little competition.

It's not just figuring out who can play, although it's certainly that too. It's developing the team.

 

[Kaiser]

If they hadn't picked up the flag then he would have been a bad pick.

This is why they picked up the flag:

 

[nightrain]

Hitchens was an outstanding pick

 

[condoin125]

Bradie James was a far better fourth round linebacker

It's funny how you say that and your comment above that was even funnier. Brady James was the very definition of an in the box LBer....he could play the run but couldn't even cover me. Hitchens was a far better player overall.