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I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the rams knew after a couple of practices that they had made a big mistake with this guy.
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I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the rams knew after a couple of practices that they had made a big mistake with this guy.
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If I remember correctly, for a long time at the beginning of his first Training Camp they had him working by himself just to get the basics down. Then Saffold passed him at LT the next year with ease. The writing was on the wall at the very beginning on that pick..
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i remember bill polian saying, when asked on nfl live about the draft picks he made, the scariest part of the 1st round draft pick was the first practice. he said they would have their hearts in their mouths waiting to see if the player they drafted was actually the player they thought he would be.
how can they tell after one practice if a guy is a player or not?
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i remember bill polian saying, when asked on nfl live about the draft picks he made, the scariest part of the 1st round draft pick was the first practice. he said they would have their hearts in their mouths waiting to see if the player they drafted was actually the player they thought he would be.
how can they tell after one practice if a guy is a player or not?
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Once again sir I am totally in agreement with you. I liked devaney as a GM not the best decisions but think he tried his hardest. Used to love his interviews and he gave what his thoughts were on things while drinking a beer ! lol
Smith was a bust, no doubt about it. But screwed up implies there was a correct course of action to take. I don't think there was, not without picking a guy who'd be seen as a huge reach.
He didn't draft Avery. He wasn't GM then.
And I still don't see any huge star we missed out on because of the Four Pillars. We were avoiding any more Incognito's or Wroten's, which was a good idea.
I don't know or care about the 4 pillars, but Devaney missed out on plenty of star players in his 3 years as GM.
Stacy and Bailey look better than any post 2nd round picks Devaney ever made. He picked guys like Pettis, Salas, Brooks Foster, and Marty Gilyard. Never drafted a good starting WR for Sam in 3 years. Just awful.
Exactly - and the Smith signing might be why I have a hard time buying into much of the pre-draft hype anymore. In that case, Devaney took what by almost all accounts was the no brainer for our team. Hindsight is a great thing but most everyone out there had JS as the best player available for us.
He definitely had his problems recognizing talent outside of the top 15 or so.