NFL 2013 Off-Season Thread

[The Condor]

Hate how drafts are "graded" immediately. Sure some picks are stupid or dont seem to make sense as soon as they're announced (Kyle Brady, JaMarcus Russell, Heyward-Bey) but most opinion should be held for about 2 years or so, I think.

[Moonax]

Originally Posted by Crazy Edgar Hate how drafts are "graded" immediately. Sure some picks are stupid or dont seem to make sense as soon as they're announced (Kyle Brady, JaMarcus Russell, Heyward-Bey) but most opinion should be held for about 2 years or so, I think.

Totally agree.

Look at the Vikings 2005 draft
1: Troy Williamson - lasted 2 seasons - taken ahead of Roddy White, Vincent Jackson,
1: Erasmus James - lasted 2 seasons - taken ahead of Luis Castillo, Justin Tuck
2: Marcus Johnson - lasted 3 seasons
3: Dustin Fox - broke arm in first training session - never saw the field with the team
4: Ciatrick Fason - lasted 2 seasons - 161 yards on 50 carries
6: C.J.Mosley - lasted 1 season - only player from the draft still in the NFL
7: Adrian Ward - cut before the season began.

Looked on paper a solid draft that dealt with positions of need. 7 years later it is a horrible draft that set the team back years.

Ask me in 5 years time whether a draft is an A+ or a F-

The other thing that I hate is the fact that no one ever comes back to Mel Kipper or any of the draft 'gurus' and points out how many of the players they've bigged up have been total busts. I'd love it if someone were to do some fact checking on their success rates.