Personally I think that to many teams force a guy to be a day one starter from the get go. You draft in the first round because you think the player has the potential to be a star. Playing and starting should be based on how they adjust to the NFL and draft position shouldn't matter.
Lock as in a first round pick? Maybe, but if they struggle, throws some picks, that could change. The difference between first round pick and later rounds is a small one.
And it wasn't anyone mentioned previously. We don't really know what the new season will bring. Nor do we know how good any of these guys will actually be.
Many of us didn't believe in us in 2015. 1/3 of the fans didn't like Cam. They thought Stewart was done. When Kelvin Benjamin went down, many thought the season was over.
If we get three solid players out of this draft (or any other) its a good draft. Of course, we won't really know how good it is until 2 years or so have gone by.
More highly rated by who? The Media or some analyst?
Morgan said that they thought the guy we picked was our most highest rated player left on the board. While it remains to be seen if they were right, the team's ratings are the only ones that matter when the pick is made.
They currently have two picks in the top 10, and three in the top 40. They don't want a qb. So I can't see any reason why they would be willing to trade those picks, unless someone makes a stupid offer.
Sorry to hear about your daughter, hope she gets her life together.
My son got married a few years ago, I am hoping to get some grandchildren before I get to old to do anything with them.
Agreed, Mccown and Cousins don't even belong in the same sentence. Unless the sentence is while Cousins is not a Star, he is significantly better than anyone named Mccown.