Thanks for the info CBus. It good to hear what other teams thought of our picks. Might not be exactly what some others want to hear, but valuable IMO.
I think Deone Buchannon struggles in pass coverage. If the scheme requires the SS to routinely cover players, he would be valued a lot lower. If the Cards use him strictly as an in-the-box safety I think he can excel. But I do not think he will be a big interception guy in the pros.
I am hoping he is wrong on Niklaus though. I think he is young and still developing as a TE. I believe that he would have been the top-rated tight end in next year's draft and probable first round pick. I also think he is a great system fit as BA is on the record saying he wants his tight ends to be able to block effectively.
He likes Niklas's potential and just thinks he's a bit raw which is understandable seeing he's only played the position for a couple years. There wasn't anything negative about him at all. He thought he'd go in round 3, no biggie. Niklas wouldn't have been there in round 3 for the Cards. Plus, overall, he liked the players the Cards picked. There are a lot people who thought the Bucannon pick was out of left field. That doesn't make it wrong. It's no different than when Seattle took the WVU DE a couple years ago.
What evidence do you have that Keim deploys anything that would resemble Graves? What has Keim done in his short stint as GM to make you think he's nothing but a Graves clone?
No, he is of course not beyond reproach. But, until he demonstrates some serious shortcomings, or shows that he's merely carrying out what he "learned" from Graves, I would say he more than deserves the benefit if the doubt at this stage...
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I like Keim and think he's done well. Btw, this guy knows Keim well and thinks he'll do a great job. I was reacting, and I let it get to me, which I shouldn't have, to the idiots who say well it Jacksonville, it doesn't matter. Or I wouldn't let Jax grade my 7th graders paper.
I was just pointing out that the Cards draft history hasn't been all that stellar
to be bagging on ANY team.
In the end, I know the vast majority of you guys(and gals) are great fans and I'm not going to let a few posters ruin what I think is a unique situation. If I can get a team's front office perspective on things about the Cards, or even other NFL issues, I'll more than gladly share.
He's provided some good info to me over the years. Ryan Swope having concussion issues, saying he thought DWash would get in trouble down the road, that Sam Montgomery was a nut job to name a few. He interviews and researches many of the prospects.
He makes fun of their past mistakes too. The frustrating guy is Justin Blackmon. Megatron/AJ Green talent but can't stay clean.
He was telling me all kinds of things about Manziel, Clowney, McCarron, Hageman, Roby, Hyde, etc., that paint a completely different picture than what the media portrays. One of them is Michael Sam. I'm not going to share details, but homosexual, or not, he's just not a good guy and that's why he dropped moreso than anything else.
