04-07-2021, 08:36 PM
(04-07-2021, 06:49 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Last 9 have been pretty awful.
Last 9? Really?
That would include the 2012 draft that produced Kirkpatrick, Zeitler, Sanu, George Iloka, and Marvin Jones.
2016..William Jackson and Tyler Boyd
2017..Joe Mixon, Carl Lawaon
2018..Hubbard and Bates.
Out of every player taken in that draft Sam Hubbard ranks 3rd in sacks, 4th in QB hits, and 5th in TFL.
And I know you love to trot out your Pro Bowl stats, but last year Bates was PFF's First Team All-Pro Safety, and Second Team All-Pro on the AP team. Among the 2018 draft selections he ranks 3rd in interceptions, 4th in PDs, and 5th in both tackles and solo tackles.
That still leaves 5 "pretty awful" drafts in the last 9, and that is why the team is struggling. But you can't call a draft "pretty awful" when you get at least two very good players out of it.
