Perspective on the value of a top 5 pick.

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(11-04-2019, 12:18 AM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: I think ML dragged the Tree Sloth kicking and screaming into some changes. But moving up 3 steps when other teams move up 5 does not mean much. The changes made over the ML tenure should have all been made in year 1 of the tenure. 

And the cheapness still permeates through the lack of scouts and GM. 

Over time too, complacency adds up. Take for instance scouting and signing free agents. IF teams get 1 more good player than you...over 1 offseason it's not a big deal. Over 5 years it is.

We lost A LOT of talent in Whitworth, Zeitler, Jones, Sanu, Hall, Joseph, Nelson, Peko, and several other guys. We didn't replace those guys with adequate replacements in most cases.

THAT'S a HUGE decline.

Oh...and Bates has a horrible PFF rating.