01-19-2016, 11:13 PM
(01-19-2016, 11:03 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I will use Gio as an example. I love Gio, but he's not what you want from the 37th overall pick. A miss doesn't really mean a bust, but it does mean you didn't get what you'd like.
He was the first running back taken in the entire draft. The Bengals had every single one to choose from and they went with Gio. So when Le'Veon Bell, Eddie Lacy, Latavius Murray, and CJ Anderson are all taken after him and are all better, how can he be a hit?
Who specifically are you arguing against being a miss? Please also use statistical backup as to why you believe they are not a miss (to avoid looking at all these players with orange tinted glasses).
I'm certainly not using any orange tinted glasses, but I am looking at them in the context of how they fit into our team. You can't say just because they haven't accumulated a ton of stats that they are misses. This team doesn't need rookies or even second year guys to be immediate starters. Stats don't tell the entire story when it comes to judging these players.
Dre is a starter. I don't consider him a miss.
Shawn Williams is playing behind a Pro-Bowler and one of the best young safeties in the league. I don't consider him a miss.
Gio is part of a rotational approach, he isn't a miss. Just because we took him instead of another guy that is better, doesn't mean he is a miss. Is every DT drafted before Geno Atkins a miss? According to your logic, they would be.
Sanu and Thompson are borderline, but they have been productive when they have played. They are third rounders, getting that kind of contribution out of them is not bad.
