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Originally Posted by barrett
I think you are not totally wrong, I just think you are making terrible arguments without a hint of logic. First the ridiculous college team thing, and now you point at Posey and Martin who are long gone and were picked by the previous regime.
As for the kind of offense we run, do we really have any idea what O'Brien wants to do? This is the first year he has acquired any offensive talent. Up to now he's played with Kubiak's leftovers and minimum investment veterans. I would think what he chooses to spend his resources on is far more indicative of what he wants to do then what he did when handcuffed by the almost talent free skill group and QB situation of the last 2 years.
And as I already stated, drafting 2 WRs is questionable and will only be worth it if hindsight proves it is. But saying we shouldn't have drafted one in the first 2 rounds makes zero sense when looking at this roster construction. And saying we are terrible at a position but should be good because we invested prior resources there, so we should not attempt to fix it now is even less logical.
Either a position needs to be upgraded or it doesn't. That has nothing to do with what you did with old draft picks. And anyone who says Hopkins, Shorts, and a just arrested guy with 14 career catches is an NFL receiving core is probably smoking some of what Strong has.
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I'm the one making terrible arguments yet you're the one who claims anyone picked during Kubiak was the "old regime". Have you noticed who the general manager is? The same as the "old regime", the one who has the final say on what name goes on the draft card.
Okay, so the position needs to be upgraded. Then let's just draft 7 wide receivers in hopes that two of them might stick. This is the NFL where you have to balance your resources instead of just recruiting another high school All-American. You get, in general, seven chances one weekend of the year, to fix problems and add depth. Focusing on one position is fine if the rest of the positions are stable. For the Texans, it's not.
We drafted Jacoby Jones 2.0 in the first round (losing a sixth in the process) and drafted Kordell Stewart 2.0 in the third round. Meanwhile, we still have no TE to replace Graham, no DE to replace Crick and missed a chance to upgrade at LT, NT, OLB, ILB and SS.