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Originally Posted by Sociofan
I disagree. Nemo and Rock were both recent 7th round picks by the Skins.
If you go back to Gibbs 1, you find players like:
Keenan McCardell: 12th round 1991
Mark Schlereth: 10th round 1989
Clarence Vaughn: 8th round 1987
Kurt Gouveia: 8th round 1986
Barry Wilburn: 8th round 1985
Terry Orr: 10th round 1985
Raleigh McKenzie: 11th round 1985
Kelvin Bryant: 7th round 1983
Ken Coffey: 9th round 1982
Charlie Brown: 8th round 1981
Darryl Grant: 9th round 1981
Clint Didier: 12th round 1981
None of those guys were shabby players.
You can credit Beathard and Casserly if you like, but the point is that talent can be found in late rounds of the draft. Good scouts and GMs do not waste 7th round picks and allow those guys to walk into someone else's camp. I say that you find the biggest bull left in the pen, give him good technique coaching and make a servicable lineman out of him.
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Keep in mind that most of the guys you mentioned are guys who were drafted after the 7th round. And since the NFL only has seven rounds now it's tough to compare Gibbs 1.0 to Gibbs 2.0. Guys like Clark, Clemons, Evans, Marshall (even Antonio Pierce) were all undrafted free agents that have turned out to be "not too shabby" to say the least. A decade ago these guys would have been the 8th to 12th round picks of the draft.