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Several readers have chimed in on whether we should assign grades for the 2007 NFL draft. While taping a Monday night spot with our pals Big O & Dukes of 101.5 Free FM in Phoenix, we finally figured out what to do.
We will assign draft grades, to every team.
Here we go. Ready? Pay close attention.
New England Patriots: A.
San Francisco 49ers: B.
Everyone else: Incomplete.
The reality of the draft is that no one knows which of the players selected will be able to perform at the professional level. At every position, the draft has almost as many misses as it has hits, and in every case the jury is out until the draft pick is on the field competing with other NFL-caliber players.
Sometimes, a guy who was dominant at the college level no longer is facing Alcorn State-quality defenders. On other occasions, the player doesn't react well when he's finally cracked upside the head by a grown man with stinky breath and even stinkier stinks emanating from elsewhere.
And, sometimes, a guy whom the scouts regarded as a slappy ends up doing the slapping, and finds a way to take his game to a level that no one thought he possessed.
At this point we just don't know, so it's asinine to assign grades. Unless we have a way of knowing who'll be good and who won't.
So based on what we know about the guys who landed with new teams on Saturday and Sunday, we'll give an A to the Pats because they picked up for a fourth-round selection a guy who already has shown that he can perform at a high level at this, um, level.
The Niners get a B for adding the good-when-healthy Darrell Jackson, as proven by his body of work in Seattle.
Beyond that, who in the hell knows? And anyone who pretends that he does know is lying or stupid. Or both.
We will assign draft grades, to every team.
Here we go. Ready? Pay close attention.
New England Patriots: A.
San Francisco 49ers: B.
Everyone else: Incomplete.
The reality of the draft is that no one knows which of the players selected will be able to perform at the professional level. At every position, the draft has almost as many misses as it has hits, and in every case the jury is out until the draft pick is on the field competing with other NFL-caliber players.
Sometimes, a guy who was dominant at the college level no longer is facing Alcorn State-quality defenders. On other occasions, the player doesn't react well when he's finally cracked upside the head by a grown man with stinky breath and even stinkier stinks emanating from elsewhere.
And, sometimes, a guy whom the scouts regarded as a slappy ends up doing the slapping, and finds a way to take his game to a level that no one thought he possessed.
At this point we just don't know, so it's asinine to assign grades. Unless we have a way of knowing who'll be good and who won't.
So based on what we know about the guys who landed with new teams on Saturday and Sunday, we'll give an A to the Pats because they picked up for a fourth-round selection a guy who already has shown that he can perform at a high level at this, um, level.
The Niners get a B for adding the good-when-healthy Darrell Jackson, as proven by his body of work in Seattle.
Beyond that, who in the hell knows? And anyone who pretends that he does know is lying or stupid. Or both.
