OldGoldBeard
A Sorry WR Like Crabtree
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Draft picks are frequently overrated due to the appeal of the unknown and unrealized potential. We've been around for 27 years, and there's only one set of three consecutive first-rounders that I definitely wouldn't give up for a top-five QB: Cam, Kuechly, and Star in 2011-2013 (and I guess subbing Stewart in for Star in the opposite direction). I'd hear arguments for Peppers, Gross, and Gamble/Morgan, and CMC, Moore, and Burns. However, you're just as likely to get Kelvin Benjamin, Shaq Thompson, and Vernon Butler or Tim Biakabatuka, Rae Carruth, and Jason Peter.
Of our 27 first round picks, I'd break them down this way:
Home runs (7)- Burns, CMC* (when healthy), Luke*, Cam*, T. Davis, Gross, Peppers
Solid starters (11)- Moore, Shaq, Star, Stewart, Beason, Deangelo, Gamble, Morgan, Kerry Collins, Ty Poole, Brockermeyer
Busts (7)- Butler, Kelvin, Otah, Rashard Anderson, Jason Peter, Rae Carruth, Biakabatuka
Too early to tell (2)- Horn, Brown
From a pure football standpoint--and not accounting for off-the-field stuff--I'd trade three first-rounders in a heartbeat for Watson. It becomes much more problematic if we're including established young players.
Of our 27 first round picks, I'd break them down this way:
Home runs (7)- Burns, CMC* (when healthy), Luke*, Cam*, T. Davis, Gross, Peppers
Solid starters (11)- Moore, Shaq, Star, Stewart, Beason, Deangelo, Gamble, Morgan, Kerry Collins, Ty Poole, Brockermeyer
Busts (7)- Butler, Kelvin, Otah, Rashard Anderson, Jason Peter, Rae Carruth, Biakabatuka
Too early to tell (2)- Horn, Brown
From a pure football standpoint--and not accounting for off-the-field stuff--I'd trade three first-rounders in a heartbeat for Watson. It becomes much more problematic if we're including established young players.