cardsunsfan
ASFN Lifer
I really thought we did well in this draft and I give us a B. There are a few things I might have done differently though...
One thing I would have looked at is moving down from the three spot to maybe six, seven and picked up Roy Williams and maybe a second and possibly even a third too. I like Fitz overall better but Williams does seem like he could strech the field better for us and I feel would be better fit for our team if he stays healthy and reaches his so called "potential" I know he would have been more of a risk but for the picks we could have gotten for him I think he would have been worth it. If he turns out as good as some people think he can be, he'll stretch the whole field and make our whole offense better on many levels.
There was a lot of talent in this draft and those extra pics could have been really valuable if we could have gotten them.
Another thing I would have tried to do is trade up to get Stephen Jackson. The Bengals agreed to move down two spots in the first for a low fourth, #123. They picked up a player, RB Perry, that they could have gotten at our pick that was seven picks lower than where they picked in the first. Who here thinks that Perry wouldn't have been there at our pick with Jones still on the board? I would have at least tried to have offered our second and fourth and seen if they would bite. They would have gotten the #100th instead of the 123th pick and they would have come out better. I would have probably thrown in something else to move up to that pick although I don't see why we would have had to.
I would have also probably taken Poole. I know he has some character problems but in the fourth I still think he was a steal. Look what he did in college. I remember watching some highlights of his and he looked really good to me. A player in the fourth more often then not is a backup player, I think Poole as worth a shot...
One thing I would have looked at is moving down from the three spot to maybe six, seven and picked up Roy Williams and maybe a second and possibly even a third too. I like Fitz overall better but Williams does seem like he could strech the field better for us and I feel would be better fit for our team if he stays healthy and reaches his so called "potential" I know he would have been more of a risk but for the picks we could have gotten for him I think he would have been worth it. If he turns out as good as some people think he can be, he'll stretch the whole field and make our whole offense better on many levels.
There was a lot of talent in this draft and those extra pics could have been really valuable if we could have gotten them.
Another thing I would have tried to do is trade up to get Stephen Jackson. The Bengals agreed to move down two spots in the first for a low fourth, #123. They picked up a player, RB Perry, that they could have gotten at our pick that was seven picks lower than where they picked in the first. Who here thinks that Perry wouldn't have been there at our pick with Jones still on the board? I would have at least tried to have offered our second and fourth and seen if they would bite. They would have gotten the #100th instead of the 123th pick and they would have come out better. I would have probably thrown in something else to move up to that pick although I don't see why we would have had to.
I would have also probably taken Poole. I know he has some character problems but in the fourth I still think he was a steal. Look what he did in college. I remember watching some highlights of his and he looked really good to me. A player in the fourth more often then not is a backup player, I think Poole as worth a shot...
