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Draft Do-Overs... Gotta Love Them


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Since 2013, here is a list of draft selections we've made and (in parentheses) who we could have had instead.

 

2013

Chance Warmack (Xavier Rhodes- CB)

Justin Hunter (Kawaan Short-DT)

Blidi Wreh-Wilson (Keenan Allen-- WR)

Brian Schwenke (David Bahktairi-OT)

Lavar Edwards (AJ Klein -- ILB)

 

2014

Taylor Lewan (Taylor Lewan-- although Odell Beckham, Jr. and others are beckoning)

Brian Sankey (Allen Robinson, WR)

DaQuan Jones (DaQuan Jones by an underwhelming margin)

Marqueston Huff (DeAnthony Thomas --- RB/KR)

Avery Williamson (Avery Williamson)

 

2015

Marcus Mariota (Marcus Mariota)

Dorial Green-Beckham (Jake Fisher or Rob Haverstein -- OTs)

Jeremiah Poutasi (David Johnson -- RB)

Antonio Blackmon (Trey Flowers -- DE or Jay Crowder -- WR)

Jalston Fowler (Kwan Alexander -- OLB)

David Cobb (Stefan Diggs -- WR)

 

2016

Jack Conklin (Carson Wentz -- QB... forget the trade)

Kevin Dodd (Michael Thomas -- WR)

Kevin Byard (Kevin Byard)

Tajae Sharp (Jordan Howard -- RB)

 

Yeah, it's only hindsight but some are paid handsomely to have foresight.

 

I'm sure that some will scream about drafting Wentz on the heels of Mariota, but if we had any idea that Wentz would be this good we should have taken him and dealt one of them later. The extra picks we got have not been big factors for us... Henry a bit but he seems to be disliked on this board.

 

In bold, I've indicated the most valuable do-over each year. The thing to keep telling yourself is... "We could have had all those guys..."

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Bishop Sankey, not Brian Sankey. Shows how little of an impact he made on the team lol. 

 

Also if we drafted Mariota in 15 and he was the right choice why should/would they have taken Wentz in 16? They would ave just traded that pick to someone who wanted Wentz on draft day but instead got a stud tackle. 

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3 hours ago, heyitsmeallen said:

Also if we drafted Mariota in 15 and he was the right choice why should/would they have taken Wentz in 16? They would ave just traded that pick to someone who wanted Wentz on draft day but instead got a stud tackle. 

Fair to argue that drafting two QBs would be overkill, BUT look at our QB depth now. It is precarious.In the above scenario, we picked up three NFL-caliber starting tackles so one CAN argue that we didn't need to sacrifice to get Conklin. Sure he's a fine player, but it's about the overall roster.

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THE DEFENDERS

Trey Flowers                       Kawaan Short                   DaQuan Jones        

Kwan Alexander                         Avery Williamson                   AJ Klein                                    _____________

Xavier Rhodes                          Kevin Byard                     _______________                         ________________

 

 

THE OFFENDERS

                                                             

                                                           Keenan Allen            Taylor Lewan     Jake Fisher   _____________  _______________   David Bakhtari _____________

                          Michael Thomas/ Stefan Diggs                                                       Carson Wentz/Marcus Mariota                                  Allen Robinson

                                                                                                              David Johnson/Jordan Howard/ DeAnthony Thomas

 

Replace some or fill in the blanks with holdover starters or other picks. Pretty good squad.

                                       

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