Abach":2jhbb2sj said:
What a bummer. Yet another testament to the failure of the FO by drafting Norwood, Richardson, and Michael instead of quality tackles/guards.
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ukeface:
Totally agree with the exception of Norwood. This FO doesn't exactly have an eye for O-linemen, so expecting them to find a franchise LT in the 4th is overly optimistic, imo. That and Norwood is going to be a nice addition to this team. WRs take time, and missing camp didn't help, but his jersey will sell one day, mark my words.
I wanted ASJ (still do) but we passed on both him and worse, the OL kid from Nevada. Either would have helped us instantly. I assume the fear was that Harvin would again get dinged and Richardson would be his replacement. As you know Bevell just had
all kinds of trickeration planned for Harvin (?!).
I also assume the Michael pick was a direct shot at Lynch. 'Shawn was making no effort to disguise his distain for our play calling. And while we want to believe Pete is / was just fine with Marshawn's free-spirited antics, that wouldn't be complete truth. Michael wasn't drafted because Turbin wasn't getting it done, he was drafted to replace Lynch. Michael hasn't come close to doing so, can't even step in for Turbin, and all this (dumb ass) pick did was add to Lynch's leverage.
But that's all water under the bridge now.
Pete is on the verge of erasing the accolades bestowed upon him from his peers in the NFL. He longed for that validation and I doubt he is going to dick around with this insane, gimmicky play calling much longer. This isn't what won him a natty and it's not what won him a SB. Unless he's gone completely senile, he understands this crap isn't disguising the fact we failed to address the O-line. I believe we are about to get back to USC-type, hardnosed, physical football and we will have to win or lose with this mess of an O-line. I'm good with that. This is still a young team and hopefully we learned yesterday that it all STILL starts with the O-line. We need to trade and / or cut Bevell's playthings asap, imo, then move up in this draft and get us a FLT (for starters).