Not to discredit our drafting team

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(05-04-2016, 09:21 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: Jerome Simpson.... Haha always coulda been desean Jackson.

With that said was he really that bad of a pick?  Considering he is still employed and going on his 9th season... There have been a lot worse 2nd round picks.  Again i would have rather had desean but it doesn't look like the reach now that it was then.

He has two seasons of ~725 yards and two more of ~270 yards. A total of 2058 yards in 6 seasons.
IMO as a 2nd-round pick, the expectation should be a consistent, solid starter getting 500+ yards per season. So yes, it was a bad pick.

Looking at Andre Caldwell from that same draft class taken in the 3rd round, he's also still playing, but only has reached 1508 yards in 8 seasons.
Also not good.