Originally Posted by
kevinbobrow
I think the bottom line is that it was a bad pick. I think Pioli panicked a bit, as he was not expecting the draft to fall in front of him like it did. He really thought Barron or Kuechly or Floyd would be there, and when none of them were he just jumped to Poe. You could tell they weren't ready to make their pick as they were late getting it in, and Berman even said something about it...
Huge mistake. I watched that film on Poe and he looks slow and like a bad tackler. This is a really bad pick. I don't care how many bench press reps you can do or how fast you are--the dude wasn't even dominant in the conference USA!
However, we can hope we have a good rest of the draft and sort of redeem this pick a bit... At least we've had a good offseason in free agency! :)
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Poe is big, strong and fast. He's everything you want in a nose tackle. Tackling and technique can be taught and he will get excellent coaching in Kansas City. The key will be his attitude and his determination to succeed in the NFL.
I haven't heard anything negative about his character. I'm sure Piloi and Crennel wouldn't have taken him if they didn't believe they could make a great football player out of him. Are they right? Let's hope so.
I still don't know why they didn't take DeCastro, but several others passed on him as well. Is there a problem we are unaware of? I have to believe that Pioli has a plan for beefing up the depth on our O-line as well, or he wouldn't have taken Poe. We will see what happens in the next few days of the draft.
I think Scott knows what he is doing.
... at least I hope he does!
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