Past, present, and future draft question

saintswhodi · 11-04-2004, 02:20 PM

Thinking about the draft, and watching the impact rookies have made the past several seasons, I had to ask myself so I am asking you guys also, why is it we never draft an impact rookie? Not necessarily these positions but players like Roy Williams(Dallas and Detroit) Anquan Boldin, Roethlisberger, Carr, Randy Moss, Terrence Newman, Trufant, Dunta Robinson, Vilma, D.J. Johnson, Julius Peppers, Kearse. Is it just me or does it seem like every draft we have is for players that need to develop? Has there ever been a time where we as a team had a rookie that lit it up? Even Ricky Williams got off to a slow start here. Is it where we pick in the draft, or the lack of talent evaluators in the front office every year? I remember passing on Moss(so did 18 other teams) but I also remember passing on Eddie George for Alex Molden. So is this our draft legacy, to always draft slow developing players who more often than not don't pan out? Will we ever get better?

Also, I guarantee if you look at draft history, every year you can pick out several guys we should have taken instead of the ones we did pick and see how much bigger impacts the players we didn't pick have had. I know because I have done it. Thoughts................

11-04-2004, 02:20 PM	#1
saintswhodi 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 6,941	Past, present, and future draft question Thinking about the draft, and watching the impact rookies have made the past several seasons, I had to ask myself so I am asking you guys also, why is it we never draft an impact rookie? Not necessarily these positions but players like Roy Williams(Dallas and Detroit) Anquan Boldin, Roethlisberger, Carr, Randy Moss, Terrence Newman, Trufant, Dunta Robinson, Vilma, D.J. Johnson, Julius Peppers, Kearse. Is it just me or does it seem like every draft we have is for players that need to develop? Has there ever been a time where we as a team had a rookie that lit it up? Even Ricky Williams got off to a slow start here. Is it where we pick in the draft, or the lack of talent evaluators in the front office every year? I remember passing on Moss(so did 18 other teams) but I also remember passing on Eddie George for Alex Molden. So is this our draft legacy, to always draft slow developing players who more often than not don't pan out? Will we ever get better? Also, I guarantee if you look at draft history, every year you can pick out several guys we should have taken instead of the ones we did pick and see how much bigger impacts the players we didn't pick have had. I know because I have done it. Thoughts................