03-26-2019, 11:13 PM
(03-26-2019, 11:07 PM)Whatever Wrote: Dallas had the #8 overall defense in 2017 and was #7 last year. Vander Esch is a great player, but he was another piece in an already great defense. He did not transform anything. He was also rated significantly higher than Bush or Wilson. Dude was 6'4", 250+ when he came out. Bush is 5'11", 230+ and you want to take him 8 spots higher?
Bush and Wilson are highly unlikely to become All Pro's. If they had a good chance to become All Pro's, I wouldn't have an issue taking them at #11. Neither is going to be anywhere close to the best player left on the board at #11. Neither is going to magically transform the defense.
People will always retroactively complain if they could have gotten the same player later. Draft position and projections also greatly change fan perception of a player. If John Ross was a 5th round pick, people would universally be screaming for him to be getting more opportunities. People wouldn't still be holding out hope for Billings becoming a dominant NT if he hadn't been projected as a 1st round pick. If Price was another 4th round C, people wouldn't make nearly the excuses for his poor play as a rookie. Rey Maualuga was thought to have been used wrong for years due to his Top 10 projection.
Dallas went from 13th in points allowed to 6th. He wasn’t rated significantly higher most had him as a guy who could go anywhere between 15 and 30. If he was in this draft and you got him at 11 are you mad? So again why do you care if you take a guy “too early” if he gives you top production. Stack LBs are one of the least busted on picks in the first so it’s pretty “safe”.
As I said we will probably just disagree on this, my guess is Bush is the pick so we will see how it goes and what he can do.
