Taking Brown where we did, IMO, did not represent much of a reach. One of my two or three favorite prospect rating services, NFL Draft Scout, had him rated as the #12 OT back in Sept 07, with a "riser" qualification. With their final analysis, April 4th, they rated him as the 7th OT, with a qualifier of "stock up". Many of these late revisions had him rated as a 2nd rounder, with a few such as Draft Scout, as high second round.
There were three OT's taken in the 2nd round. We took him where we had to. Even trading down a few spots - which they had the opportunity to do - would have been taking too much of a chance.
I'm taking a wait-and-see position. He seems to need a bit of coaching and refinement of skills and I don't have high expectations of him winning a starting spot by game one. The guy only has three years as a OL'man under his belt and only one of those at LOT! But he will be tutoring under a coaching legend.
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04-28-2008, 09:24 PM
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