There was actually an interesting thread on ES today (I know I couldn't believe it myself) that showed that out of 50 lineman on the last 10 Super Bowl winners only 7 of them were selected in the first round and most of the 7 weren't exactly world beaters. The main point it brought up though was stocking the line after the first round and how it's prudent to draft 2 or 3 guys every draft, which given Bruce Allen's track record and our current situation a no brainer.
Anyway that was probably Vinny's downfall, it wasn't that he wasn't selecting offensive lineman in the first round, it was the fact that he wasn't selecting more then one, if any, after it.
I think now given how the offense has hit rock bottom and Shannahan's development of Cutler as a rookie (88 QB rating) I think it's safe to say that I want Sam Bradford as our first pick, after which I would like to see a splurge on offensive lineman, even if we find a few good ones during free agency.
One of the more interesting questions posed in the thread went as follows:
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would you rather have:
ryan clady, joe thomas, jake long
or
phillip rivers, ben roethlisburger, aaron rodgers
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So long as we properly evaluate and develop a QB we select I'll be all for it. Keep in mind there were a lot of people in Atlanta that wanted the Falcons to draft Glen Dorsey and were extremely disappointed when Matt Ryan got picked. Looking back it was obviously the right move.
It would also seem very possible that Joe Gibbbs and Sam Bradford have met.
http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...is-second.html