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Originally Posted by barrett
Maclin is hardly a wasted pick just because we are good at WR already. When comparing him to a 1st round RB, he probably has just as much impact. Any RB we take is going to be our #2 back and will do little more than spell Slaton and hopefully take the goalline carries. The problem though is that you don't play two RBs at once.
Maclin fills far more roles for our team. The biggest is that he helps a return game that struggled mightily last year. He returns punts and kicks for us. He plays the slot for a team that goes 3 and 4 wide on a regular basis. And he provides a fantastic deep threat opposite AJ. I'd say that is more impact then you will see from any #2 RB or interior OL (or OLB for that matter).
Now, with all of that said I hope we don't draft him. But if we can't trade down and it comes down to him or a RB (or any other position), I hope they go with whoever they rate higher as a player rather than the position that seems to be of greater need. Especially since we have no positions that are such a big need we must throw a 1st rounder at them.
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Well said.
It is hard to be objective when comparing players at different positions. Especially difficult when one is offensive and the other is defensive and you have a huge discrepency between the two units' effectiveness. It's really hard to not let emotion and hope cloud your judgement when making that comparison.
However, as much as I don't want to draft a WR, I feel compelled to rate Maclin higher than some of the other prospects who may be available at #15. That confirms my notion that he's rated
a lot higher in my mind. His talent level is forcing me to do something that I don't want to do.