AbeBeta;2715320 said:
First, you are mistaking me for those morons on the board who think the Williams deal was bad. I think it was a good trade -- we might have given up a tiny bit more than I am comfortable with but not much.
No, I was thinking you don't know the difference between 11 picks with 1 on day 1 and 4 in the first 4 rounds between a 5th, 6th, and 7th if they do that deal.
Just like we don't have a bunch of high picks - they've got fewer but they also addressed issues with two FA signings.
As did we, and a trade thrown in. I maintain we addressed our biggest needs by releasing 2 guys.
Do they not have picks? Sure. Is there no chance of them acquiring more picks? I know you are likely banking on us packaging our picks to move up for players - do you discount their ability to do the same using 2010 picks? Seems like every year they are trading away future picks -- why would you expect that they would change paths and sit this one out?
One of the picks they would give up to get Cutler would be 2010's 1st pick. It would severely alter their abilities to accomplish what the original contention was. Regardless of that, we still have 2010 picks too the last time I checked so your own point here completely erases the point you were trying to make and failed to do so.
Are you of the opinion that they can use 2010 picks to shore up OL and DL, but we can't do that?
See how far off base you really were?
Hos - we all know you get all horny for the draft and hope springs eternal for you leading up to it. I think everyone knows you are an old crusty ******* -- I said that with affection not as an insult. And everyone here knows you go all giddy around draft time. Amusing is all it is -- take it as an insult if you want but if you do, it will suggest that you are the one with the panty problem.
I didn't take it as an insult as evidenced by the fact I called myself that twice.
Horny does not begin to cover my love of the draft. You sell me short.
I already gave my bunched up panties a tug, but they were just affected my general comfort, not cutting off circulation to the brain.
Where exactly was I "forgetting about players" -- the poster said last few years and I talked about the last three -- those seem most relevant to "last few"
If you say we show failings at some aspect of Drafting players and fail to recognize players who did work out then I label that as forgetting about players. You see, some people have a habit of only including the crap that they think stinks. They forget to see the roses that the fertilizer grows.
Jay Ratliff
Marion Barber
Orlando Scandrick
Tashard Choice
Chris Canty
et al
Instead you mention Whitney, and Stanley, and Bates. Color it any way you want it, that's selective evidence at best and you know it.
You can cherry pick late round picks who did well but it is obvious that we've missed a ton more than we've hit. Just like most teams in the league. Everyone find that occasional diamond in that pile of coal. That doesn't mean we should count on finding one.
This is laughable. Name five teams that hit more than miss on late round picks. No forget it, that's too hard. Name one.
Dang, that may be too hard too. Sorry, but it's your point, not mine.
It comes down to this -- as the picks stand would we have a better chance to build up compared to the Skins -- sure -- but with the abundance of late picks we've got nothing more than a slim advantage over them.
Funny how this begins to look more like the points we were making and less like the point you didn't make.
Going from Polyanna to an ******* (actually the word I used didn't start with a vowel) -- just to prove you aren't? Clever.
It didn't start with a Vowel? Did it start with the letter B? I was counting 7 letters and laughing at the time.
Actually, I'm often very abrasive when I think people are being ridiculous. I at least try to be funny rather than just outright name calling. The homorous thing to me is I get accused by the "homers" of being a hater because I am critical of certain players, coaches, or moves. On the flip side I get accused by the "haters" of being a homer because I deign to have the audacity to actually understand the role of a General Manager in the NFL, and not simply shout into the wind with them. Pollyanna because it is April is new, but every bit as wrong as the other two.
Clever? Oh yeah, devilishly clever. Halo held up by horns imagery and all that jazz.
:wink2:
