Off the top of my head there were three things I didn't see over the weekend that I was sure I would see. All are on the offensive side of the ball as I don't play in any IDP leagues and don't follow the D's of the other 31 teams that closely.
The Bears did not draft a QB. Uh, WHAT?
The Texans did not draft a RB other than a 3rd down back. Are they that happy with Ahman Green and Chris Brown?
The Seahawks did not draft a future starting RB. Julius Jones and TJ Ducket? Really?
Are they happy with Ahman Green, Chris Taylor, Chris Brown, and Darius Walker. Not enough that they didn't add a 3rd down back.It seems like everyone who doesn't follow the Texans are the ones who think they needed RBs, while people who follow them know their primary needs were at other positions. I'd think that was a fantasy football effect unique to the boards, but I saw it too much in the national media to write it off so simply. Those first 3 RBs are a lot better NFL options, even with the injury risk, than are the guys lining up at left tackle and cornerback (especially with Dunta out for most of the coming season). The positions which coincidentally were taken with their earliest 2 picks, after which they added a RB.
Well, of course we are biased towards the offensive skill positions. I have never seen a league that has two OG's, a NG and two OT's as part of the starting rotation. They might lead to better production by the RB's QB's, WR's TE's and K's that we do start every week but most of us don't pay that close attention to the O-Line personnel of the 31 other teams besides the home team. I just can't see any of those RB's starting 16 weeks and considering this draft was pretty thick with RB's I thought they would go after one of the bigger names earlier.
Well, they only had a 1st and a 3rd. Taking a RB would mean forgoing left tackle or cornerback. Molden was a steal at their first pick in the third round, and I'm not sure there's a RB that would have been a better value at that pick. They picked up the additional third and then did use that on a RB, so they took one about as early as made sense.I'm not huge on Slaton, even though he played with this run blocking scheme. But they pretty much took the positions in order based on the combination of quality of the player, need of the position, and drop off if they waited to pick again. After Brown they saw a huge drop, in particular. They've said they were not taking a RB in the first.
I'd rather get the tackle and corner now and give them a year to develop and go get a RB next year who can produce as a rookie, if one of the existing ones doesn't work out. And the staff is pretty high on Chris Taylor if he can stay healthy this time. At the training camps I went to in past seasons, the only RB who looked as good as Taylor, to me, was DD when he was healthy.
