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Originally Posted by firstdown
People are reading this wrong. He wanted to draft a O Line but the ones we thought worth drafting were gone. So we did not draft an O Lineman just for need and that what he was saying. He has made his mistakes but what he said made sense but his delievery was not the best.
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I agree, in fact he made this point right after the draft. does anyone think Jerod Mayo would've been a bad pick at #21? Vinny said that's who they hoped would fall to them, but he was gone.
I won't say Vinny is the man, but I will at least take up for him in that it looks like Snyder was part of the wr/te picks, since he's always coveted those playmakers. Vinny has only had one draft as the guy. Prior to that it was a 3 headed monster. I am not in any way ready to declare the 08 draft a bust. How many people on here have said that wr's typically don't produce much till year 3? Well, we have to be patient. I'm not saying our 2nd round picks don't deserve criticism, they deserve a lot of it. But that's part of the maturation process & each player goes through it differently.
Maybe Vinny has a plan; draft the skill players in 08, let them develop, then draft o & d line in 09 & 10. By then these players will have developed (w/some being busts too), most 30+ vets will have been replaced & JC will be in his prime.