Yes, Shaq was indeed the BPA

[teeray]

A lot of the same guys who are upset with this pick are them same posters who were super upset with Smitty getting released and has pooed on everything Gettleman has done since.

Coincidence?

[Proudiddy]

Typical Huddle logic: Before Draft - "I can't wait until the draft, Gettleman has done a great job making winners out of 1st rounders"

Post Draft - "Why did we draft this guy? He's too small! What is Gettleman thinking? Season over."

Day of playoff game - "Awesome pick! I'm glad I was wrong! Gettlemagic."

You skipped the 7 game losing streak in between, pulling out a division championship because we were the best of all the sub-. 500 teams in it, and the multiple losses where our QB was getting demolished because he had no open receivers to throw the ball too.

And oh yeah... Gettlemagic.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

When people are overwhelmed with emotion they don't always correctly articulate what they are trying say.

 

i love a lot of things about this site

 

but if there's one thing i can't stand it's the number of people who act like they know what it's like to be in the 99th percentile of athletic talent in the united states and preach about what they'd say or do if they were the 25th player off the board in the NFL draft.

[gettlemanjack]

LOL. My record is there for all the world to see. IYou can go peruse it if you like.

Since you like twitter so much, why don't you go and get an honest accounting of what analysts think about this pick? And I don't mean scrubs, I mean actual football people.

i will. But tone it down. I hate your threads because you give us a good link i want to read but then i have to dig through 8 paragraphs of your way-out-there ramblings to find it. You are the only poster i have learned to just skip what you say and look for the link.

[top dawg]

You and 95% of the board had concerns with o-line and WR last year.

 

And, like I said to the last guy, I guess 95% of the board was right and Gettleman was wrong.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

A lot of the same guys who are upset with this pick are them same posters who were super upset with Smitty getting released and has pooed on everything Gettleman has done since.

Coincidence?

 

no it's not a coincidence

 

the butthurt is supreme and they'll never let it go

[PantherJD]

You can be humble and say you believe you're a first rounder. He could have said, "I believe in my talent and I knew in my heart I was a first round talent. I know some teams might not view me as high because I've been labeled a tweener, so I just have to come in and work hard and prove that I was worthy of being taken in the first round"

Sounds much better than I just never think the best is going to happen.

 

None of us really know what it's like to be sitting around waiting to see where we're going to be picked to live and work - for possibly an entire career.  It's easy to say that you'd know the right things to say and feel, but for someone who doesn't have any clue where he's going to be picked because he's been told such a wide range (20-50), I can certainly understand why he didn't want to get his hopes up.  I'm sure he's seen the guys sitting in the green room well into round 2, so he knows how this process works.  He didn't want to be disappointed with where he got selected.  I think it's a good thing he's excited about where he got picked.  It's much better than the alternative.

[davos]

Is it just me or do I see more people pointing out of complainers about the pick than people actually complaining about the pick?

[teeray]

And, like I said to the last guy, I guess 95% of the board was right and Gettleman was wrong.

Depends how you look at it.

If you meant he was wrong for not spending money we didn't have in FA, and instead was shrewd in picking up guys like Remmers, Norwell, and Philly Brown who have all played well for a fraction of the price of a FA or early round pick, then I guess he was wrong in the best way possible.

[EightyNine]

Who said anything about "special"?  My response was to a thread directed at me.  

 

Anyway, I doubt that everyone shared that opinion, but for argument's sake even if they did, then that just means that "everyone" was right, and Gettleman was wrong.

Well why do you assume Gettleman was wrong?  I think Gettleman probably thought that too, but he is just trying build the team for the long haul, so he understands that part of being a good GM is filling the lower half of the roster with people that allow you to keep taking the BPA.  Thats the only way to have sustained success, and thats why most teams in the league ride the roller coaster of having good and bad seasons.

[top dawg]

i will. But tone it down. I hate your threads because you give us a good link i want to read but then i have to dig through 8 paragraphs of your way-out-there ramblings to find it. You are the only poster i have learned to just skip what you say and look for the link.

 

Well, that's unfortunate for you, because others actually read what I have to say.  I know that your threads and everyone else's will be spammed with your tweets, so it's like mining for gold in mines that have been exploited150 years ago. So I guess we're even.

[PantherWake]

Typical Huddle logic: Before Draft - "I can't wait until the draft, Gettleman has done a great job making winners out of 1st rounders"

                                  Post Draft - "Why did we draft this guy? He's too small! What is Gettleman thinking? Season over."

                                  Day of playoff game - "Awesome pick! I'm glad I was wrong! Gettlemagic."

Yup exactly right

[TylerVagyler]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread about what number he will wear

[Devil Doc]

This reminds me of Madden.... When you can create your own player, and make all of the attributes the best you can make it. I created a dream team, but guess what, I lost, having the best players, dont make you the best team.