like_that;1850633 wrote:Who have you been disappointed with in terms of early rd (1st and 2nd) draft picks? If being a mixed bag means drafting late every year, sign me up.
I don't know that I'd call it "disappointed", but more of an "okay" than a "FUCK YEAH!". In recent years (ie: after Sweed, who I thought would be THE shit and just was shit), I'd say the main problem is that a lot of their best picks haven't been overly reliable due to injuries (Shazier, Heyward) or ganga (Bell) and other guys haven't really been much more than decent at best. To where my issue is more that they just aren't getting those gems who are game-changers, but just guys who are okay, but not great. They have done, outside of a couple guys like Mike Adams, good at the OL in recent years, which was my biggest issue from 6-7 years ago, but I think a lot of their defensive picks have been lacking in general. On the other hand, when your offense is based around quick strikes, I think it's hard for any defense to consistently look good because you're scoring quickly or giving it back quickly a lot more often than you're having time-consuming drives, so that might have as much to do with things as anything else.
