Gettlemen continues to get criticism for not bringing in a WR

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Should have taken a WR in the first round, the pick should not have been Star. Period.

[Ken]

Should have taken a WR in the first round, the pick should not have been Star. Period.

 

Trolling?

 

Anyway I'm 100% fine with the double dip. Solidified a position that has been neglected for awhile.

 

Of course we need to find Smitty's replacement but these picks were fine. BPA and that's Gettleman's mantra and one I agree with. 

[Panther4lyfe]

We weren't going to find that kind of threat in this years weak wide receiver class outside of maybe Tavon Austin who was gone before we picked anyway.

I wanted Mike Wallace, but it just wasn't realistic for us and our circumstances.

What would've been your immediate long term solution to it this year, while also accounting for the eventual retirement of Smitty?

There's no reason we can't get another legit TE, and I'm not talking about feel good training camp stories.

 

I'm glad we took Star, yes. But to say that Tavon Austin was the only good receiver is a understatement. Tavon Austin really isn't a true receiver anyway, he is going to be playing a Denard Robinson role he's just 50x better at it then Denard Robinson is. I would have liked to see us take Deandre Hopkins I think he was the best receiver in the draft class and will be the best in this class. I think he will have a long carreer and successful carreer as long as he stays in good standing off the field. I think he is a Roddy White or Reggie Wayne type of player.

[TheRed]

My argument is that if it was thought to be a weak class they wouldn't have been drafted so high and often. I can't tell you which will be a #1 if any.

I can't tell you that Star will go to multiple pro bowls but as a fan of the team I hope he's great. I can only tell you what I would have done in that situation and that's draft DeAndre Hopkins in the first and Short in the second.

I honestly think that DeAndre out of all the others will eventually be a #1 WR. I also think Star will be great for us. When I see we were 14th against the run and had the 16th ranked passing offense then I'm choosing to change our passing game.

Cam is going into his 3rd year with a 34 year old WR and the next 3 WRs on the depth chart have expiring contracts. Where is the young talent that your young qb can grow with.

I'll say it again you don't put rent n roll tires on a Lamborghini.

There are many Hopkins fan boys here. I won't bother debating it, because your mind is made up.

Our offense would have ranked much higher if our playcalling wasn't so dreadfully awful the first half of the season.

Bottom line is Gettleman was put into a very tough spot from the jump. The WR position has been neglected for years. Hurney was here a decade and never drafted a receiver worth a damn, just bust after bust.

I share your frustration with the position but it was not going to be completely solved in one offseason.

[La Pantera]

Should have taken a WR in the first round, the pick should not have been Star. Period.

Maybe you should offer up some advise to all the world leaders. You could single handedly end world hunger and bring about world peace. Because you sir are clearly a genius...

[TheRed]

Should have taken a WR in the first round, the pick should not have been Star. Period.

Why don't you stick to worrying about what color uniforms we wear on gamedays and let the adults talk.

[jarhead]

Again weak class according to whom? Certainly not NFL GMS. 2011 was considered a strong WR class with 4 WRs taken within the first 44 picks and 28 total WRs taken.

2013 you say was weak but their were 5 WRs taken within the first 44 picks and 28 overall.

So what makes it a weak class?

I think what he meant by a weak class is Tier One talent like Green and J Jones in the same draft.It was a deep draft but just not loaded with proven tier one talent.

 

I feel Hopkins could turn out to be tier one but I do not think the GMs were totally on board with it.Time will tell.

[CRA]

I think most that cover the NFL have consistantly said this was a very good year to improve your team at WR and S bc there where a lot of good options to choose from.

[JawnyBlaze]

Again weak class according to whom? Certainly not NFL GMS. 2011 was considered a strong WR class with 4 WRs taken within the first 44 picks and 28 total WRs taken.

2013 you say was weak but their were 5 WRs taken within the first 44 picks and 28 overall.

So what makes it a weak class?

 

I don't think "how many got taken in the first 44" is a great indicator of how good the class was.  The 2nd WR taken was at #27, which is pretty low.  Even the 1st WR taken was taken for potential, not for what he's proven as a WR.  I agree with the opinion it was a weak overall class.  Strong at the late 1st/early 2nd range but weak as hell at the top.  I'm not even talking Green/Jones caliber prospects.  It was weak at the Blackmon/Crabtree caliber prospects with only Hopkins and Hunter in that range (in my opinion).  Austin would have been in the tier below those two at "great potential, but unproven/significant question marks".  2011 was strong because it had two taken in the top 6 picks.

[MadHatter]

star was a no-brainer, esp. for us.

short made sense, but we could have gone other directions and benefited as well.

regardless of what we did in the draft, tho, the WR position isn't as strong as it should be and not nearly as strong as it needs to be going forward if we are to be truly dominant.

we have to do something more than what we have. we have to find a way to address it better and we have to have a sense of urgency in addressing it. it has to be more of a priority than what it's been.

I am just not sure what other move we should make this year.

I like Gett's approach of working off bad contract...bringing in cheaper vets as stop gaps...and building the right way. Which is from the lines out.

We can make a run at the playoffs this year. But, we were not correcting everything in one off season.

[csx]

It's pretty straight forward to me. He stated he would pick the best player available in the draft. You can disagree but there were no WRs available when we picked that he believed to be better than who we did select.

[jarhead]

I am just not sure what other move we should make this year.

I like Gett's approach of working off bad contract...bringing in cheaper vets as stop gaps...and building the right way. Which is from the lines out.

We can make a run at the playoffs this year. But, we were not correcting everything in one off season.

 

 

We should address those positions that could cost us games.

 

RT, SS, and kicker are the three positions that I feel could lose us games. I have been watching NFL rewind and Bell consistently got torched by faster DEs and OLBs .If we want Cam to throw from the pocket and not have to scramble out to the right side to throw we need to address that position.I cant count the number of times he was on the run to the right which limited both the number of targets he could throw to and his accuracy. Bell is already rated by some as the bottom 10% of the league and if it were not for Cams scrambling he would be much worse.

[La Pantera]

RT and SS are the two positions that I fell could lose us games. I have been watching NFL rewind and Bell consistently got torched by faster DEs and OLBs .If we want Cam to throw from the pocket and not have to scramble out to the right side to throw we need to address that position

What prospects at those positions,were as draftable at #14 as Star?

[jarhead]

What prospects at those positions,were as draftable at #14 as Star?

None we should plug the holes with FAs