01-18-2016, 02:48 PM
(01-18-2016, 12:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Then Alexander is clearly smarter than every other NFL O-line coach by selecting Boling when no one else wanted him. If he was such a highly rated prospect why did every other team in the league pass on him?
Wasn't Boling drafted near the top of the 4th round? And he plays a position, that barring an elite level of talent, usually doesn't get chosen until day 2.
How does this mean "no one wanted him" or "that every other team passed"? Yeah, no one wanted him before round 4. Everyone passed before round 4. That doesn't mean no one wanted him period.
That's like saying no one wanted Gio Bernard because everyone had a chance to draft him.
If you were to go and average out the rounds in which each team's starting guards were drafted I'd be willing to bet that it would come up somewhere between rounds 3-5. Developing a mid round guard to be an adequate starter isn't all that unique. In fact, it's probably commonplace.
Holding up Boling as some huge accomplishment seems very, very desperate to me.
