Mr. Scot

Very few who? Media guys, right? It'd have to be since you have no clue where any of the other actual teams had him rated. Your argument is based on the words of guys whose opinion means nothing.

It actually doesn't even qualify as rumor since Gross himself made statements in his retirement presser that debunked that whole notion.

If I'm an NFL GM, I have a group of paid, professional talent evaluators on my staff. These are men whose job is to do nothing but scout college players, and they have many years experience doing it. I also have direct contact with the prospects themselves as well as their head coaches and position coaches if I wish. And of course, I've watched many of them at the Combine and the Senior Bowl (including practices). By the time the draft rolls around, I'll have consulted heavily with both my professional talent evaluators and my team's coaching staff so that I know what they want and need. I'll also have done extensive scouting on opponents' strengths, weaknesses and tendencies (including in the Draft). And all the people who did the work will be gathered together with me when the time comes to make the picks. Given that as an NFL GM, I have all these people and resources at my disposal, you'll have to pardon me if I don't give a flying rip what Mel Kiper and Todd McShay think.

Media guys who aren't part of an NFL scouting department and make mistakes on an annual basis? I absolutely can ignore those guys, and should.

Saints go QB

The trade was completed before DGB was picked.

Tharrold Simon isn't that good

Saints wanted him as their Jimmy Graham replacement. So we screwed over the Saints

Our complainant was still wrong. We only gave up two picks. I won't be the least bit surprised if we trade back into the third.

Nah. I read the trade wrong

Flunked first grade math, I see? We gave them our sixth rounder and swapped spots in the third.

Fixed.

Twin tower receivers.

Traded ahead of Falcons and Saints.

Only gave up a 6th. He could conceivably trade back into the third.

I was hoping for Philly to get Mariota too, but I have to admit this aspect of the final outcome is kind of amusing.

The Eagles were pretty consistent in the Reid era. Definitely saw more playoffs than we did. Reid's coaching prowess may be debatable, but his overall record stands pretty well.

I'm pretty sure most fans would happily trade our record during that period for theirs.

PFT: Andy Reid costs the Eagles another one Ouch.

Prisco, Panthers United, Ace Boogie and Gooby Pls have all said it was a bad pick. He's pretty much guaranteed to be a superstar.

Stephone Anthony?

The ass is always greener?

Still have eight more picks, and could trade up.

Gettleman had Thompson rated higher. You can't go by media rankings.