Was this reaction to drafting Joey Ivey? The guy who didn't even make it out of training camp? Rod no only loved terrible talent, he gave them no time to impress. Once he was done with them he was done. The fact that he veto'd TJ Watt should let the entire NFL know this guy has zero talent evaluation skills
Rod should not have "that' much influence in how we decide on drafting. Not to where he impacts "value" .
Taco was considered a 2nd rd pick by the value of McClay's draft board, but they were so paranoid about not getting the DE they coveted, that they pressed, reached
for a DE and one based on Rod's preference ..supposedly size and length played a part of this.
Funny because supposedly Marinelli preferred " quick-twitch" linemen, and Taco was slow and lumbering off the ball.
I don't mind assistant coaches influence on the late round picks,- projects & development like picks
..but the early ones, the premium picks .? .the first to 3rd rounders ?
Nope.. leave those far more to McClay crew, imo.