@cantonlegend said:
nothing is obvious to you because you cant accept anything at face value. you're too concerned with being an old grumpy argumentative ass. they didnt want him as badly as they wanted the 5 picks the falcons gave up to move up and get him....damn right
And, apparently, you are too concerned with being a young dickhead. Here is the crux of this argument: You claim that WR is/was the position that the Browns were most in need of going into the draft. I said, no, the position the Browns are most in need of was DL, either DT or DE.
Now, the question is: who is right. Me, or you. And the answer is Me. DL WAS a more critical need for the Browns over WR. I am not denying that WR was a critical need, just not as critical as DL. Give that the Browns traded out of the slot at #6 when there was supposedly a gamebreaking WR available, and given that their first two picks were DL, I will rest my case that the Browns braintrust believed as I do that DL was more critical to this teams needs.
Now wrap your little head around that.
you say DL was a bigger need because they picked defensive linemen with their first 2 picks while you also ignore the value aspect of picking. you dont pick a 2nd round guy in the first round if hes not worthy of that pick.
I didn't ignore a God damn thing.
little wasnt worth a high second or a low first....thats why he was picked so late in the 2nd round and probably would've slipped into the 3rd except the browns didnt have a 3rd round pick anymore because they traded it to KC so they needed to get him there.
OK, fine, what is your point? This still supports my argument that the Browns brass felt that DL was more critical. They were willing to wait until the late 2d to get a WR that they needed...AFTER they had picked up a couple of DL.
he may have been the 4th or 5th best rated WR in the draft(6th WR picked), but it was a very weak WR draft in the first place so ranking him among the other WRs doesnt really show the talent dropoff after julio and green
heck, hes a 2nd round pick so hes gotta be good...just like robiskie and massaquoi right? lmao neither of them have panned out to anything as of yet. so yea the browns had a great draft. they stocked up on defensive players and an underrated WR and TE.....but they dropped the ball when they waited to take little instead of grabbing a better guy earlier in the draft
Well, Nostradumbass, that all remains to be seen now, doesn't it? Mistakes are made in the drafting process. I don't disagree with you that Little may have been picked right where he should have been...if you go by the ratings of the so called experts. For all we know the future may prove that they got the BEST guy later in the draft. Maybe Little will become the next Paul Warfield. Whether they dropped the ball remains to be seen. I will bet you that if you confront Tom Heckert and Mike Holmgren with your accusation that they dropped the ball by not getting a better WR earlier they will argue with you. They felt that it was much more valuable for them to get Atlanta's various draft picks in that trade than to take Julio Jones...which trade allowed them to take multiple players at a more critical position: DL.
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