[ethat001]

Personally so GLAD we didn't get Berry. Sure, he's a talent but -- we've had top-tier safeties for a while, would NOT want us to draft 3 safeties in the top 10 within 8 years. I'll give TW some more time before judgement. Just stepped into the zoneblocking scheme, and only had one full season in it. Holding his own with elite pass rushers, still early in his career.

But TW was DEFINITELY worth the pick -- here's why: the way I look at it, you can draft any position anywhere in the draft, but you are MUCH more likely to need to be drafting top 10 when you're looking for specific positions: QB, LT, and DE/pass rushing LB, DT and corner/WR. These elite positions also are hard to fill with elite talent in FA, because most ppl don't give up a franchise talent at these positions. The great news is we have most of the above key positions filled with young and good players (except an elite NT and shut-down corner - hopefully we get something next year or in FA).

My point is -- if our dreams come true and RG3 consistently gets us a winning record, in 1-2 years we'll be drafting 10-20+ and won't be able pick in the top 10 for the next 10-15 years. It's a great thing to have the top positions above locked down with talent as we proceed, and LT and QB are arguably the two most important ones. You can usually find top level WR's in FA, second level LB/NT/corners/RB/etc in FA. In the draft, O-line positions can be found in later rounds (esp in zone blocking schemes).

Anyway, I think we were lucky to get a good (if not elite) LT when we needed one, and it could help our franchise for the next decade. (only if marijuana is legalized, of course...)