You can't possibly have known that. Lots of teams reportedly worked him out at OL, so there was clearly interest. If you like him, you take him, you don't try and get cute with it.
They have said throughout this draft they would not draft for need but only who they think is the BPA at that time.
"paid all that money" how much are you making on your rookie contract as a 6th round pick? i don't think its much of a financial loss. If you get any productive years out of him it's gravy.
I know I'm overreacting because this is the 6th round but literally any position besides CB or DT I would have been okay with. We needed a linebacker, a safety, and a wide receiver, but we got to get a position we already drafted and have some depth. And I don't believe this was BPA, especially when there were some solid players at our positions of need. I think this is just a microcosm of what's going on with this team. Watching other teams picking up players I want and we need because we just picked a DT.
and there goes Rambo, best option for a ball hawk that was left on the board...Really sad to see him go.
That's fine... let other teams draft him. Teams in full rebuild mode don't have the luxury of drafting projects. The problem is the Jets always think they are smarter than everybody else. Obviously the same could be said of Rodgers being a gamble because of his checkered past but what he has shown against the very best players in college football is that he can falt out play WR. I'd rather take a risk on a guy who at least can play the position. We don't knwo if this guy will even make the roster.
This exactly, if your going to take a risk on a player, then take the risk on the player who has shown an actual acumen for playing the game rather than hope you can turn someone in to a player, and especially by changing which side of the line the guy plays on.
No rebuilding teams are the only teams who should be drafting projects. If we were a good team and a WR away from the Super Bowl of course Rodgers would be better, but if you are thinking 3-5 years down the line which this franchise obviously is, it is the best time to draft and develop project players so they are ready for when the team is actually good.
But he played OL all through high-school, and was highly recruited. He played on D at Michigan because they needed the help there. He knows how to play OL, its not like he will be learning Chinese.
Playing OL in high school and then trying to translate that to the NFL may as well be learning Chinese. If he was a great OL regardless of how bad they needed the help Michigan would not have moved him to DL.
We'll have to disagree on this... maybe I could buy that if we hadn't drafted two OL in the 3rd and 5th rounds as well as signing one yesterday.
