InmanRoshi;4435789 said:
Alright, not outright bust. Middle of the road starter who was nothing special. Is that worth taking a guard with a Top 15 pick for? Bobby Carpenter is moving into his 8th year in the NFL with no signs of slowing down, does that suddenly make him a good pick for the 18th pick in the draft?
Lol, you're the one loosely applying the term "bust." Starting 150 out of 154 games in a 12 year career on just two teams is not in any way shape, form or fashion a "bust."
Dragging up Bob Carpenter doesn't apply either.
Carpenter has started just 10 games out of 89. He's on his fourth NFL team now and is not gauranteed a roster spot coming up this season.
What does David Cadigan do with David DeCastro? If DeCastro is picked with a Top 15 pick he'll join Cadigan in a very small group of 5 guards who have been selected with Top 15 picks in the last twenty five years (with mixed results). Goose/Nate/Brandt etc. are entirely correct ...... NFL GMs really, really, really, really hate using a Top 15 picks on offensive guards.
Okay, so he may join a "small group."
That has absolutely no predictive power to say what he'll be like as a player in the NFL. Cadigan's "failure" as a player has absolutely nothing to do with what type a player DeCastro is today.
BTW, even using Cadigan as one of your examples is bunk. Cadigan was a All-American OT at USC and was drafted as such by the Jets. So is using Andy Heck, who was an offensive tackle coming out of Notre Dame and was drafted as such. So really, your argument boils down to you simply not being comfortable based on NFL Draft history of taking a OG higher than #15. That's fine, but it's not a persuasive argument.
Further, I see you keep propping up Goose Gosselin on this issue. However, you fail to mention Goose also believes DeCastro walks in as a starter as a rookie and will be a Pro Bowler his second season. Goose also states picking DeCastro would "be a good safe pick." Funny you don't mention that.
Even funnier, Gosselin's article is titled:
Why David DeCastro should - and shouldn't - be Cowboys' pick
Yet, you've interpolated the article and effectively are saying Goose is against taking DeCastro at #14.
C'mon maaayne.