McNabb weighs in on our lack of a threat at WR (via D. Newton)

[rayzor]

DT was horrible for years and then in one draft it became a strength. this draft is stacked at WR just like last years was stacked at DT. it's almost like DG planned this all along and knows what he's doing huh?

it's his love for hog mollies and questions about hiabpa philosophy that is my issue. there isn't anything close to a guarantee that gettleman will draft even one WR. if he's counting on there being enough quality that he can wait until later rounds and then a run on them happens, we're pretty much screwed. if he likes some DE in the first more than the available WRs, will he take the DE? if he likes an LB better than the next available WR in the second rohnd, who will he take?

is he going into this draft with a shopping list? or is it just to get the best players regardless of position?

there is some time left, but there may not be quality choices available. we may be spending the rest of the offseason wondering if we can go into the season with jerricho cotchery as our best WR.

[AceBoogie]

keenan allen is not going to be better than any of those players in the long term.

he is a terrific player but hes not that kind of receiver. your post is the definition of hyperbole

I didn't say he would be, but right now he's off to a better start, so it's definitely possible.

[Snake]

I'm sorry but our WR core needed to be gutted. When your WRs best abilities are good blocking there is a problem. Honestly we have almost comparable talent from last year but with better hands. Add the fact we will draft some WRs and it will turn out to be a good unit. DG may not be the nicest guy around but he knows scouting and he knows players. All from what I have seen points to good things from him and Rivera.

[Mr. Scot]

So many GM fans in this forum. Freaking weird. Thought this was sport. Any referee fans here too? Lol. Like gettleman is some freaking god who knows everything. Excuses for GMs, wtf! I thought their job was to provide solutions, not promises. So far he hasn't done poo but just wait for the draft. A GMs' reputation is made in free agency. Not the draft because every team has them too. Nothing hard about selecting 7 college kids against their will to come play for you. But it takes a lot of balls to convince an already millionaire FA to come play for.

Not so much GM fans. More like people who can read a calendar. And/or people who actually understand that no team's roster is finalized on April 5th.

If the roster still has issues in September, then I'll worry.

If you want to go ahead and start panicking now, feel free. Just be aware it makes you look silly.

[Mr. Scot]

Don't worry people, Gettleman is a genius. He has a secret weapon hidden in his fat. He'll pull it out on draft day. He's gonna find us a starting LT and 3 starting WRs, all while picking 28 in every round. What a delusional fan base. Probably the same fans who were looking forward to free agency to fix some holes are now looking forward to the draft. Like the result is gonna be different. After the draft those same fans will be looking to roster cuts to fix the same holes. Lol

Playing Nostradumass, are we?

[BlackCnqstdr]

People, enough of this deep talented WR class nonsense. None of the WRs projected in the 2nd round or later would be projected in the 1st round in any other draft year. Picking 28 means we're getting an even lower quality player who might not even make the team. By the time we pick 28 in the 2nd round at least 7 or 8 WRs would have been selected. You think the 9th ranked WR has even 30% chance to pan out? No. The 9th rank WR in the draft cannot carry the load of a playoffs team.

 

7th WR selected Terrence Williams 736 yards 5 tds

8th WR selected Keenan Allen 1046 yards 8 tds

17th WR selected Kenny Stills 641 yards 5 tds

 

2012

 

7th WR selected Alshon Jeffrey

13th WR selected TY Hilton

23rd WR selected Marvin Jones

 

2011

 

7th WR selected Randall Cobb

15th WR selected Cecil Shorts

18th WR selected Denarius Moore

 

2010

 

7th WR selected Emmanuel Sanders

9th WR selected Eric Decker

22nd WR selected Antonio Brown

 

Why do people think draft position dictates success?

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Yep, I'm looking forward to the draft.  After the draft I'll be looking to roster cuts to fix any remaining needs. :)

 

In his first year Gettleman assembled a roster that was more competitive than any we've had in many years.

 

Let the naysayers fret, as far as I'm concerned DG has demonstrated he has a good eye for under appreciated talent.

[Thal]

Not so much GM fans. More like people who can read a calendar. And/or people who actually understand that no team's roster is finalized on April 5th.

If the roster still has issues in September, then I'll worry.

If you want to go ahead and start panicking now, feel free. Just be aware it makes you look silly.

The draft and picking 28 is not enough to dig us outta that hole we're in. I'm sure this fan base will probably blame the poor soul that was picked in the 3rd round for not measuring up. And of course, gettleman is gonna be awesome next off season when we have unlimited cap space. And, lucking out on a player in the draft is not being a good GM. I can assure you that dude has no idea what he's doing. Building through the draft my ass, every team have 7 picks too so they're all building through the draft. Acting like that's some innovative franchise building principle. Those lazy GMs sitting on their fat ass waiting for the draft.

[Mr. Scot]

The draft and picking 28 is not enough to dig us outta that hole we're in. I'm sure this fan base will probably blame the poor soul that was picked in the 3rd round for not measuring up. And of course, gettleman is gonna be awesome next off season when we have unlimited cap space. And, lucking out on a player in the draft is not being a good GM. I can assure you that dude has no idea what he's doing. Building through the draft my ass, every team have 7 picks too so they're all building through the draft. Acting like that's some innovative franchise building principle. Those lazy GMs sitting on their fat ass waiting for the draft.

Wow. You're right. Teams picking low in the draft have no shot at getting great players. And no one after the first round ever produces :rolleyes:

I mean heck, look at that guy we picked in the third in 2001. Or that center we took in the third a few years back. Those guys were such scrubs :unsure:

We should just forfeit all our games now.

[TheRumGone]

I didn't say he would be, but right now he's off to a better start, so it's definitely possible.

 

those other players you mentioned you could tell would make huge jumps because of their talent.

 

keenan allen doesn't have the same talent as megatron or aj green. your post was hyperbole to get a reaction.

 

keenan allen can be a terrific football player, in fact he already is. but he's never going to be a talent like megatron, aj green, or julio jones. He doesn't have that explosiveness.

[top dawg]

those other players you mentioned you could tell would make huge jumps because of their talent.

 

keenan allen doesn't have the same talent as megatron or aj green. your post was hyperbole to get a reaction.

 

keenan allen can be a terrific football player, in fact he already is. but he's never going to be a talent like megatron, aj green, or julio jones. He doesn't have that explosiveness.

 

Jerry Rice, Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald, and Hines Ward (among others) would like a word with you.

 

You don't have to have the "explosiveness" of Megatron, A.J. Green or Julio Jones to put up prolific numbers or be an impact WR in the NFL.

[TheRumGone]

Jerry Rice, Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald, and Hines Ward (among others) would like a word with you.

 

You don't have to have the "explosiveness" of Megatron, A.J. Green or Julio Jones to put up prolific numbers or be an impact WR in the NFL.

 

i know this i was refering to AceBoogies attempt at hyperbole to try and prove whatever nonsensical point he is trying to make.

 

I grew up watching rice montana/young going to candelstick with my dad more times than i've been to BOA. He tried to lump Allen in with recievers like Megatron, Julio Jones and AJ Green where he's not even close to the same "TYPE" of player those guys are.

[top dawg]

i know this i was refering to AceBoogies attempt at hyperbole to try and prove whatever nonsensical point he is trying to make.

 

I grew up watching rice montana/young going to candelstick with my dad more times than i've been to BOA. He tried to lump Allen in with recievers like Megatron, Julio Jones and AJ Green where he's not even close to the same "TYPE" of player those guys are.

 

OK 

 

You had me worried for a second   :)

[run1stdownrun2nddown]

Don't worry people, Gettleman is a genius. He has a secret weapon hidden in his fat. He'll pull it out on draft day. He's gonna find us a starting LT and 3 starting WRs, all while picking 28 in every round. What a delusional fan base. Probably the same fans who were looking forward to free agency to fix some holes are now looking forward to the draft. Like the result is gonna be different. After the draft those same fans will be looking to roster cuts to fix the same holes. Lol

No everyone, be very worried! Gettleman obviously got into a drunken stupor one night, cut all our wr's, then woke up the next day and realized he had no wr's and no backup plan. Yea, that's it.