at the end of the day...if the cardinals would have came out of the draft with the same 2 receivers, same linebacker and suggs...we would get an "A" and everyone would be happy. Since we got Pace instead of suggs..everyone is thinking we get a "D" or something (per national press - and az republic is pretty negative this AM - they love suggs).
At the end of the day...none of this matters. What does matter in like 3 years is how good of a pro suggs is vs. pace. I am a big suggs fan and wanted us to take him - but from what I understand pace is a little taller, a little faster and a little stronger (although it is hard to tell - his workout #'s (Pace) I have seen posted are all over the place). Seems when pace was trying to improve his speed he ran a 4.6 - and suggs ran a 4.85 (both within the past couple of weeks) - but this is subject to clarification...and pace is a bigger. Long arms are key for a pass rusher - and pace seems to have that. The big dropoff appears to be in pass rush moves/ability to get to qb...suggs is one of the best - and we seem to know nothing about pace in this regard....
So...we shall see in a couple of years. Right now I would rather have suggs (clearly)..but this could change with production.
Personally..I think cincy got the biggest shaft - I am not sold at all on carson palmer - and he was the #1 pick...