Originally Posted by
ShawnMedGuy
Originally Posted by
eniparadoxgma
It's my opinion that we would have went OL if there had been someone worth picking 1st round.
I do not agree with all the people stating that we drafted a RB because of FWP's deficiencies, even though he does have some. If much of anything else other than BPA had to do with the pick, I will say it had more to do with the people backing FWP up then FWP himself.
So, if BPA was QB or TE we should have drafted them? Of course not...why? Because they wouldn't play. Mendy should be a hellacious bust if he can't beat Parker out for the starting position come season 2. He was not brought in to sit bench...he was not drafted in the first to play second fiddle. He was drafted to start...make no mistakes about it. And when he is in the game...you will understand why we drafted him.
There's a big jump between drafting someone to take over the starting RB position and taking the BPA at a position that we needed quality depth at. You can toot Russell's horn all day long, but until he does something in an NFL game I'm not buying into the hype. (Of course, I hope he sets the world on fire, yada yada)
I still don't agree with the sentiment that the Steeler organization is all of a sudden ready to crown a rookie the starting RB over FWP. FWP has his flaws, but so do most RBs whose initials aren't LT or AP.
We supposedly were going to a faster, quicker, explosive offense and less of a bruising type of run game, no? Isn't that why (or least partly why) they axed Kreider in favor of a ho-hum Davis? Wasn't that Arian's plan (haha)? If so, isn't FWP a better fit for that type of offense than say, the Bus? Or at least isn't he a better first option?
While FWP did seem somewhat inconsistent last year and does have trouble getting the tough yards, I still don't think they drafted a rookie RB with the specific intention of putting FWP into a secondary role. However, if this kid Mendenhall is as good as a lot of you think he'll be, then by all means let our version of Adrian Peterson run amok, and put FWP in there to change the looks we give the opposing D.
What's different about drafting an RB as opposed to a TE at that time is that we have two really good (IMO) TEs already. We (also IMO) do not have two really good RBs. We have a really good RB that has his flaws, and some dudes that I haven't seen a damn thing from yet.
Anyhow, just my opinion. I could be wrong. F it who wants pie?
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