SissyBoyFloyd
Pawnee, Skidi Clan
.... most puzzling, unintelligent, and down right moronic one of all.
This is not an emotional snap reaction to our draft. It has been a couple weeks now, and we all have had time to process it in full. So, set forth in several steps is my observation.
1. This first point is the one that takes the cake. It tips the scale off the chart from poor, weak, and questionable to complete utter incompetence and a total lack of intelligence. Probably the main aspect of the annual NFL draft is the fact that each team is given the Freedom of Choice. They all are granted, from their first pick on, the ability to wait until it's their turn, evaluate the many alternatives presented to them at that time, and then wisely make a decision that helps shape their franchise. No one, with any real smarts, would give up such a powerful gift as their freedom to choose once their time comes. It is the backbone and power of the draft. For Keim to throw that away, whether a day or week before the draft, is inexcusable.
a. Firstly, the trade was not that earth shattering and not one that should have been locked in ahead of time. Keim should have made it just one of many alternatives the Cards could have had when on the clock and after evaluating our other choices.
b. Appears to be an example of Keim thinking that he was smarter than everyone else.
c. Another time when Keim was so over enamored with a particular player that, by not waiting, wasted what might have been much better alternatives.
d. There were some super WRs that were going to be drafted in R1. If Keim felt that WR was the must R1 pick for us, there was no way of knowing ahead of time that an Olave, Wilson, or Dotson wouldn't have been available to us for a 5 year cap friendly price.
e. It turned out that a projected top 10 Jermaine Johnson was available and would have nicely filled what many would have agreed was our number 1 need. Jermaine Johnson might just be one of the many we reminisce in posts for years to come.
2. Many have wanted a top TE for years, but why the heck take one in a year we finally had already signed two of the better ones we have ever had? Did Keim forget? And really, we needed other positions with this R2 pick, no matter what we did in R1.
3 & 3. For God's sake, with all our needs we take 2 DEs, both one trick ponies if that. If I was to bet, I would expect both will be long gone before their first contract is up. There were much better starting players we could have had, even if we had to combine both picks to move up to the top of R3 to get DT, CB, or RB.
Yes, sorry fellow Cards' fans, there is no need to wait to pass judgement on this draft. It was a disaster. It's surely the worst example of Keim being as bad as a GM can be.
That is my story, and I'm sticking to it.
This is not an emotional snap reaction to our draft. It has been a couple weeks now, and we all have had time to process it in full. So, set forth in several steps is my observation.
1. This first point is the one that takes the cake. It tips the scale off the chart from poor, weak, and questionable to complete utter incompetence and a total lack of intelligence. Probably the main aspect of the annual NFL draft is the fact that each team is given the Freedom of Choice. They all are granted, from their first pick on, the ability to wait until it's their turn, evaluate the many alternatives presented to them at that time, and then wisely make a decision that helps shape their franchise. No one, with any real smarts, would give up such a powerful gift as their freedom to choose once their time comes. It is the backbone and power of the draft. For Keim to throw that away, whether a day or week before the draft, is inexcusable.
a. Firstly, the trade was not that earth shattering and not one that should have been locked in ahead of time. Keim should have made it just one of many alternatives the Cards could have had when on the clock and after evaluating our other choices.
b. Appears to be an example of Keim thinking that he was smarter than everyone else.
c. Another time when Keim was so over enamored with a particular player that, by not waiting, wasted what might have been much better alternatives.
d. There were some super WRs that were going to be drafted in R1. If Keim felt that WR was the must R1 pick for us, there was no way of knowing ahead of time that an Olave, Wilson, or Dotson wouldn't have been available to us for a 5 year cap friendly price.
e. It turned out that a projected top 10 Jermaine Johnson was available and would have nicely filled what many would have agreed was our number 1 need. Jermaine Johnson might just be one of the many we reminisce in posts for years to come.
2. Many have wanted a top TE for years, but why the heck take one in a year we finally had already signed two of the better ones we have ever had? Did Keim forget? And really, we needed other positions with this R2 pick, no matter what we did in R1.
3 & 3. For God's sake, with all our needs we take 2 DEs, both one trick ponies if that. If I was to bet, I would expect both will be long gone before their first contract is up. There were much better starting players we could have had, even if we had to combine both picks to move up to the top of R3 to get DT, CB, or RB.
Yes, sorry fellow Cards' fans, there is no need to wait to pass judgement on this draft. It was a disaster. It's surely the worst example of Keim being as bad as a GM can be.
That is my story, and I'm sticking to it.
