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What a. Stellar. Off draft. Class

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bradberry,mattison,smith. ,johnson four off rokkies. contributing  

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#1 · Oct 20, 4:17 PM
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@"Viking1987" said: bradberry,mattison,smith. ,johnson four off rokkies. contributing  
All keepers too.  Very good draft class.
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But we haven't win a Super Bowl yet. So Rick needs to go. Who cares if he's able to draft well? That's not his job. He's supposed to win games.
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Drafting and signing free agents is sorta Rick's job.  The coaches and players are suppose to win the games...

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Some pretty good looking OL depth too in Samia and Udoh. 

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@"ArizonaViking" said: Drafting and signing free agents is sorta Rick's job.  The coaches and players are suppose to win the games...
I know. It's kind of an inside joke...  :)
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@"pumpf" said: But we haven't win a Super Bowl yet. So Rick needs to go. Who cares if he's able to draft well? That's not his job. He's supposed to win games.  :p 


Nope, Nope its the players jobs to win, the coach to put them in position and the the GM to get the players.

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Yeah.  I'm really glad they held on to Udoh and Samia.  If we're gonna risk losing a roster piece, let it not be O-Line.  I'm so sick of band-aids and odd personnel rotations up and down the line.
In addition to a great draft class, they loaded up on quality UDFAs, again.  

Bisi Johnson has been A Revelation.   Prolly overlooked due to not having great speed, but he's got everything else, and he has it now.  Unusual to be that good that early, and it bodes well for the team!  
I think I saw Herc getting some pressures late in the game?  I'll have to re-watch.

Bradberry destroyed Snacks Harrison with movement and technique, btw.  
I admit I was lukewarm after watching him get moved around at Senior Bowl Drills.  'McCoy has a better anchor', I thought.  Well McCoy looked pretty damn good against Chicago's d-line Yesterday!  He is also a good one, but I wouldn't trade with NO.  No way.  THe way Bradberry can get to blocks is unreal.  The rest of the oline is well-suited to ZBS, and I'm getting to finally see what's possible.

Also, when I said Kirk got his Jordan Reed? I meant no offense to Irv Smith Jr, who is gonna be his own brand real soon.

I was thrilled/relieved with the focus on offense the team showed in the draft this year, and even more thrilled to see it paying off in live snaps, already. 

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@"kahsmick" said: Yeah.  I'm really glad they held on to Udoh and Samia.  If we're gonna risk losing a roster piece, let it not be O-Line.  I'm so sick of band-aids and odd personnel rotations up and down the line. In addition to a great draft class, they loaded up on quality UDFAs, again.  

Bisi Johnson has been A Revelation.   Prolly overlooked due to not having great speed, but he's got everything else, and he has it now.  Unusual to be that good that early, and it bodes well for the team!  
I think I saw Herc getting some pressures late in the game?  I'll have to re-watch.

Bradberry destroyed Snacks Harrison with movement and technique, btw.  
I admit I was lukewarm after watching him get moved around at Senior Bowl Drills.  'McCoy has a better anchor', I thought.  Well McCoy looked pretty damn good against Chicago's d-line Yesterday!  He is also a good one, but I wouldn't trade with NO.  No way.  THe way Bradberry can get to blocks is unreal.  The rest of the oline is well-suited to ZBS, and I'm getting to finally see what's possible.

Also, when I said Kirk got his Jordan Reed? I meant no offense to Irv Smith Jr, who is gonna be his own brand real soon.

I was thrilled/relieved with the focus on offense the team showed in the draft this year, and even more thrilled to see it paying off in live snaps, already. 

Good post, I agree

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Was thinking the same thing yesterday watching the game.  The rookies are really stepping up.

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@"mjollnir_k" said:
@"pumpf" said: But we haven't win a Super Bowl yet. So Rick needs to go. Who cares if he's able to draft well? That's not his job. He's supposed to win games.  :p 


Nope, Nope its the players jobs to win, the coach to put them in position and the the GM to get the players.



See the comment above.

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