No one is saying this. There is no such thing as a "wrong" pick. I
personally was strongly opposed to it, for the reasons I listed plus a couple others. I do not think it will be worth it because he will be only
potential trade fodder, or at best, a
potential serviceable/good backup quarterback and
then trade fodder. I believe that most any
potential starting or good depth player is worth more than
potential backup/fodder, but this is only an opinion. Obviously, I don't mean this in *every* case; if the Packers had gotten the #1 pick, they would have used Luck for trade fodder, but in a case like the Redskins where they are lacking picks for the future I believe they should have spent one here at a different position.
Perhaps as you can tell, I have never been a fan of teams that draft mainly on talent and rarely on need; you need balance to be successful.
okay guys, we have 2 choices to use our 4th round pick
1: a QB to be a solid backup behind our franchise guy, who was considered to have 2nd round value, who can be traded for a 2nd rounder down the road
2: a position of "need" that likely will be buried on the bench and wash out by the end of his contract because he's really a 5-7th round caliber prospect
gee choice A is so awful, trading a 2012 4th for a 2014 2nd or 3rd, while choice B that likely gets you nothing makes so much more sense
This, on the other hand, is insinuating the opposite. Are you implying that every pick not made in the top 100 is doomed to fail in the NFL? Unless, of course, all the 1st-4th round prospects were drafted in the top 100. Also found it ironic that you mentioned the "little draft board thingy" in the same post.
Here's a fact for everyone: Drafting isn't a science. It's a crapshoot. Some people can make their own luck, some can find gems deep in the draft while failing early in the draft, and some people just plain suck at it. Dumb picks have brilliant careers, smart picks blow up in their respective teams' faces, some teams overpay based on things like combine performances, and the scouts are all people that work for this one event all year long and still suck at it. Hell, I was reading an article the other day about how Belichick, possibly the smartest drafter this century, is something ridiculous like 2/14 on 2nd round draft successes/busts in the past decade.
I don't care if Cousins goes on to be the sexiest backup QB since Rodgers and chases RGIII out of town on his way to 8 NFL MVP awards and 6 SB rings; I will still be against this pick, just as I was against the pick for Cam Newton at the time the Panthers drafted him (after the CBA included a rookie wage scale this improved to "grudging acceptance"). I don't pretend to know whether this was a good or a bad pick, I am just dislike the pick and personally believe it will not turn out well.
Also, for reasons you may have surmised from this post, I think draft grades are
really fucking retarded. I'd like to see them banned until 5 years after the fact, where the "experts" can retroactively grade teams based on how well their picks actually turned out, not how well a certain Mr. Kiper thinks they might turn out.