Expectations for Kirkpatrick this year

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(08-21-2016, 01:06 AM)TGISunday Wrote: No one spends a first round pick and picks up a fifth year option on a dude to be considered "among the top 32" cbs in the league, as per some seriously questionable criteria.

Kirkpatrick isn't garbage, but he's not consistent. And he's not markedly better in improving his deficiencies that have always hampered him. These are concerning issues. Selective stats of questionable merit do nothing to alleviate those concerns.

Also, Justin Smith, Andrew Whitworth, and Leon Hall have nothing to do with this conversation.  Consequently, neither does Russell Bodine, Nate Livings, or Stacy Andrews.  So let's just leave these entirely unrelated players out of the thread.

This is a fair statement and a concern that I believe is fully valid. It seems he has plateaued at "okay" and sometimes he can even elevate his game to pretty damn good. But he is not consistent whatsoever and we really need him to be if we have a chance at being a contender this year.