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Schneed10 · 03-30-2005, 03:42 PM

I gotta boo this article. He says we were 6-10 last year and thus need to fill holes, not provide apprenticeships to starters we already have in place. Sorry, I've said it in so many threads but I'm going to say it again...
RECEIVERS TYPICALLY TAKE THREE YEARS TO DEVELOP INTO IMPACT PLAYERS.

Drafting Mike Williams is likely to be a bigger apprenticeship than drafting a corner. First off, Springs is not a durable guy despite his health last year. He has had a career marred with injury after injury. Plus both guys are old. You have to acknowledge that a rookie corner like Rolle or Pac Man would play right away as a nickel, that is unless you really think the world of Garnell Wilds.

Though I suppose you could make the same risk of injury argument for Santana Moss. So I'd actually be OK with drafting Mike Williams at 9. I think a corner makes more sense, but I just mean to say that if we draft WR at 9 or CB at 9, either way I think the player will be an understudy in the rookie season, and even longer in the case of a WR.

03-30-2005, 03:42 PM	#7
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: New Walters article now up 3/30/05 I gotta boo this article. He says we were 6-10 last year and thus need to fill holes, not provide apprenticeships to starters we already have in place. Sorry, I've said it in so many threads but I'm going to say it again... RECEIVERS TYPICALLY TAKE THREE YEARS TO DEVELOP INTO IMPACT PLAYERS. Drafting Mike Williams is likely to be a bigger apprenticeship than drafting a corner. First off, Springs is not a durable guy despite his health last year. He has had a career marred with injury after injury. Plus both guys are old. You have to acknowledge that a rookie corner like Rolle or Pac Man would play right away as a nickel, that is unless you really think the world of Garnell Wilds. Though I suppose you could make the same risk of injury argument for Santana Moss. So I'd actually be OK with drafting Mike Williams at 9. I think a corner makes more sense, but I just mean to say that if we draft WR at 9 or CB at 9, either way I think the player will be an understudy in the rookie season, and even longer in the case of a WR.