Hostile;2012505 said:
I agree.
If there is, then I am wrong, because I would much rather we not acquire him. If we do, same thing I said about TO and Tank, I am not going to constantly complain about him here. I will give him credit when he does good. I will criticize when he screws up, and when he leaves I will feel relief.
To TO's credit, I think he has been outstanding here and I am actually starting to really like him. I did not think that was possible. I really didn't.
I prefer we not have players that the media are just itching to see screw up and make a big deal out of it. Call me puritanical, a boy scout, whatever you want. Just don't expect me to apologize for it, because I won't.
To be fair, I think the media in general likes it when players screw up. If Ware ever gets busted for steroids, we'd have a media frenzy.
Perhaps you meant to say take risks, instead. Because that is what PacMan is: a risk. There is no denying it. There's no denying he's put himself in bad situations, screwed up, and got punished for his actions.
The thing that makes this move smart is the risk vs reward.
Is it low risk? PacMan himself is a risk. Sure. But is it risky to give up a 6th round pick (or whatever) for him? Its a relatively low cost.
The reward is potentially huge.
And I think because the risk is so low in comparison to the reward that it makes this move desirable. This is what a lot of us are harping on. Because the reality of it is, in the 6th round, that player is going to be likely cut anyway. I know last year we struck gold with Folk, but that was bec. we needed a K. And we seemed to have done well with Anderson, but that was because the coaching staff apparently wasn't too impressed with Hoyte.
But where would we use that 6th rounder? A WR? Owens, Crayton, Stanback are locks. If Glenn comes back, we have 4 locks. And I doubt a 6th round pick beats out Austin or Hurd.... OL? He'd be behind our 5 starters, McQ, Free, Marten at best. DL? He'd be 7th at best in the rotation.
The best place for a 6th round pick to make the roster is at developmental QB, 3rd RB, developmental OLB, developmental CB. Why not go ahead and use it on a CB that can come in and play nickel immediately as well as PR/KR?
I know you already have probably gone through this already.... But its worth saying anyway (plus, I have time to kill between classes)