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freddyg12 · 02-08-2011, 10:47 AM

I don't want to turn this into any more of a JC thread than it already is, just want to take up for Gibbs on this one. Would he have drafted Rodgers if he was still there? Who knows, but we do know that he liked JC. He drafted a qb that fit his system & was a high character kid. Did it turn out the way he envisioned? Of course not, but JC was avg. & Gibbs won a super bowl w/a guy that most would say was below avg. - Rypien.

If Gibbs & Saunders had stayed around a little longer, that draft would be easier to evaluate. Regardless, I give Gibbs credit for making the move at the time. It was something that needed to be done.

02-08-2011, 10:47 AM	#20
freddyg12 Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,540	Re: Close Only Counts In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades I don't want to turn this into any more of a JC thread than it already is, just want to take up for Gibbs on this one. Would he have drafted Rodgers if he was still there? Who knows, but we do know that he liked JC. He drafted a qb that fit his system & was a high character kid. Did it turn out the way he envisioned? Of course not, but JC was avg. & Gibbs won a super bowl w/a guy that most would say was below avg. - Rypien. If Gibbs & Saunders had stayed around a little longer, that draft would be easier to evaluate. Regardless, I give Gibbs credit for making the move at the time. It was something that needed to be done.