The more you tell us about Reid, the more I like his selection as HC.
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I find it incredibly hard to understand why you would defend such a waste of a pick. His only job is to hold his position against the run. It's not like this guy penetrated the line and got unbelievable pressure on the RB. The fact is he was taken higher than Watt and paid more money.
In the end, the pick was trash, bottomline.
I'm not defending the pick. I HATED the pick. It represented HORRIBLE value for the player we were getting and what his responsibilities were going to be. Feel free to search the archives and look at my comments after the Jackson pick. Hell, look at my comments when Pioli's name was being tossed around. Everything I was saying was going to happen with a 3-4 minded Pioli, came to pass. We wasted a TON of picks when they should've continued building the 4-3 that was already in place.
I'm not defending the pick. I am defending the player. JJ Watt and Tyson Jackson aren't suppose to produce in the same fashion. Just because they "play the same position" doesn't mean they had the same responsibilities. Did Tyson Jackson represent horrible value at #3 overall? ABSOLUTELY! But just because he's not JJ Watt does not mean he has ZERO value. For what the Chiefs used him for, he was probably worth a 2nd round pick. So, if you look at the Jackson pick as the Chiefs trading their 1st round pick for absolutely nothing and then look at Jackson as a 2nd round talent... I think he's producing right about where he SHOULD be.
Just because Pioli was stupid enough to take a 2nd round talent at #3 overall does NOT mean Tyson Jackson should just be discarded... ESPECIALLY if we're going to continue running a 3-4. He still contributes at an above average level. It's not like the guy is Ryan Leaf or JaMarcus Russell who hardly contributed to their team. He's more like Robert Gallery... not quite the LT Raiders hoped he'd be, but he still contributes at a high level on the OL. I'd like to see what Jackson could do if he's turned loose on the QB. But by Crennel's own admission, the DL was not used in that capacity.
Well put! Under Pioli we have drafted a number of players far higher than we should have and because of that they have been called "Busts" when they are in fact decent players who contribute to the team at a decent level. It is not the fault of the player that a GM overestimated his value and spends too high a draft pick for him.....that kind of mistake is 100% owned by the GM.
Probably not as many as Poe