Even with signing minter, you take foster

[CJD]

(04-09-2017, 06:36 PM)TKUHL Wrote: Lol you guys are nuts with this Reddick talk. Nobody...and I mean nobody would have considered Reddick at 9 when the season was over. This guy was a 3rd round pick before the combine at best. Every year a handful of guys get way over drafted because of their combine numbers rather than their play. Reddick would be the worse pick possible at 9.

I don't necessarily agree with the Reddick pick. I would be disappointed if we drafted him at 9. However, the problem with attributing rises like his to just the combine is that you're neglecting the fact that, at the end of the season, people aren't watching prospect film. They're watching game film.

So you have the Mike Williams and DeShaun Watsons near the top of the draft board.

Then, starting in February, they start watching film of all the players who are draft eligible.

When a player like Reddick does what he did at the combine, you go and find his film and watch it. Because, outside of knowing about him already, no one is going to pay much attention to a linebacker from Temple.

So, the idea of going from a 3rd round pick to a 1st round pick is not a testament to people over drafting him. It's more a situation where his true value was discovered, which was previously not done prior to him catching people's attention at the combine.