I remember all the really bad grades. The biggest knock on Irvin was that it was a reach. Come to find out that there were 3 other teams that owned up to wanting to draft him in the 1st round. A lot of .net was confused by the pick. Most of us hadn't figured out Pete and John's method of madness at this point.
As for Wilson, there were a few people that were stoked about him. I'm calling out Kearly as the biggest early supporter.
Personally, I'm an intangible guy for QB's. You look at every QB that had all the physical measurables, and if they had crap intangibles, they ended up sucking. Guys like Jeff George, Michael Vick, Vince Young, the list goes on and on. I was totally stoked about Wilson's intangibles, but I bought into the height thing and thought he might take a year or two to acclimate to the NFL as a backup before he saw his potential. I'm not sure why I thought this, as I knew that Wilson's OL in college would've been the 3rd biggest OL in the NFL that year.
I also thought Matt Flynn would be a capable starter until Wilson took over. So I was wrong on Flynn, half right on Wilson.
I also love all the draft grades. in the clip above, it shows how much Shraeger really knows haha. He was not only pissed about Wilson and Irvin, but also Wagner. I don't know one draft pundit that didn't like the Wagner pick, but most thought we reached on him.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a draft that the majority of draft "experts" literally knocked every pick, and more than half of those picks ended up being Pro Bowlers and/or All Pro's. Awesome. This was the draft where Pete and John smashed it so good, that the experts got afraid of criticizing our drafts and just started with the whole "I don't understand their draft so I'll give them a B".
As for Wilson, there were a few people that were stoked about him. I'm calling out Kearly as the biggest early supporter.
Personally, I'm an intangible guy for QB's. You look at every QB that had all the physical measurables, and if they had crap intangibles, they ended up sucking. Guys like Jeff George, Michael Vick, Vince Young, the list goes on and on. I was totally stoked about Wilson's intangibles, but I bought into the height thing and thought he might take a year or two to acclimate to the NFL as a backup before he saw his potential. I'm not sure why I thought this, as I knew that Wilson's OL in college would've been the 3rd biggest OL in the NFL that year.
I also thought Matt Flynn would be a capable starter until Wilson took over. So I was wrong on Flynn, half right on Wilson.
I also love all the draft grades. in the clip above, it shows how much Shraeger really knows haha. He was not only pissed about Wilson and Irvin, but also Wagner. I don't know one draft pundit that didn't like the Wagner pick, but most thought we reached on him.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a draft that the majority of draft "experts" literally knocked every pick, and more than half of those picks ended up being Pro Bowlers and/or All Pro's. Awesome. This was the draft where Pete and John smashed it so good, that the experts got afraid of criticizing our drafts and just started with the whole "I don't understand their draft so I'll give them a B".