Scorpion05":28zhajzs said:
Maelstrom787":28zhajzs said:
Flyingsquad23":28zhajzs said:
Draft pick aside, if they took a center of your choice and he suffered a head to turf concussion severe enough to be held out 8 weeks would you say they wasted the pick?
They absolutely, 100% would say that.
Wide. Receiver. WAS. NOT. A. NEED
We don't need to constantly bicker and try to win arguments on this site. We can just prioritize the truth.
We wasted the pick. On a talented, 24 year old wide receiver whose impact will be limited anyway because...the Center position is garbage. And was ignored
I'm sorry, but I gotta disagree - and furthermore, I think the pick heavily hinted at Pete attempting to appease his new coordinators vision for the offense, flying directly in the face of the vague yet pervasive "meddling" catchall that people throw around.
I just can't see how wide receiver wasn't considered a need with an increasingly often banged-up Lockett at 2, and a replacement-level Swain behind him, followed by a massive void of nothingness. It looked like a need prior to even considering injury. The BIGGEST need? Probably not. But a need nonetheless.
If I were making the pick, I would have picked Creed. I'm on record saying it. I'm on record saying that I thought Creed was a round 1 talent. But I simply can't pretend that WR wasn't a positional need when, in my eyes, it was.
I think center would be less of a dumpster fire had Ethan continued to be dead ass average, like he was in 2020. Fuller has been... well, much much worse. If you want to know the truth, my criticism regarding the center position would be passing on the several cheap free-agent options that presented either an upgrade, or at least much better depth than Fuller. Reiter, Blythe... those guys were just sitting there, and Blythe already had experience in the scheme.
Back to my original statement, though - I really don't think its a stretch to say that if they'd picked a center and he got his brains scrambled immediately, the front office would be getting blasted for the decision. The front office gets blasted for every decision. That's just what happens when a fanbase has enough frustration built up to lose confidence in the decisions being made. You see it in every sport, and even some non-sports with a competitive dynamic like politics. Confirmation bias begins to reign. Exhibit A: Malik McDowell, who turns out to be a hell of a player and was a big need.
