Cugel
04-26-2012, 09:08 AM
Here's an article from today's Post (http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_20482681/tim-tebows-success-dropped-broncos-nfl-draft-order) that says:
Somewhere, no doubt in proximity to a spotlight, Tim Tebow is giggling. The No. 25 draft pick was Tebow's parting gift to the Broncos. . . . .
If not for Tebow, the Broncos may have been picking in the top five for a second consecutive year. They may have been picking closer to 6:30 p.m. They may have been in position to draft another Von Miller.
This is pure idiocy from several levels:
#1 -- I doubt the Broncos would have been picking in the top 5 and in any case, there aren't that many really great prospects in this year's draft.
Last year there was Dareus, Miller and Patrick Peterson available in the top 5. This year there's not ONE player of that caliber. Claiborne is the top defender and probably the ONLY defensive player to go in the top 5.
The rest will be 2 QBs, a RB and WR. Need I mention that it's highly hazardous to take a RB or WR with a top 5 pick? Or top 10 pick for that matter.
It's well documented that drafting a WR in the top 10 is more likely to result in a wasted pick or mediocre player than in getting an elite WR. Just look at Brandon Marshall coming out of the 4th round for instance. Happens all the time at WR that 2nd through 4th rounders out perform top 10 picks at WR.
Fletcher Cox might be the top DT, but is he really worth an elite pick? Opinion is divided on this. His career wasn't that great until the later part of last season and he could be a better run defender.
In short, he doesn't compare favorably as a prospect with Marcel Dareus, who was clearly without any weaknesses.
This year is a year with a lot of depth, but few elite players and even fewer on defense.
This is a good year to have a later round pick.
Second, it's doubtful that Peyton Manning would have signed with a 5-11 team. We could still be stuck with Tim Tebow.
And for all you Teboners still out there -- nobody ELSE in the NFL wants Tebow as a starter either. Outside of NY there wasn't even a market for him. :coffee:
Personally, I don't like Tebow either as a player or as a person. But, to say that he's laughing at the Broncos for getting them such a bad pick or that they could have drafted "another Von Miller" is pure stupidity. :coffee:
Somewhere, no doubt in proximity to a spotlight, Tim Tebow is giggling. The No. 25 draft pick was Tebow's parting gift to the Broncos. . . . .
If not for Tebow, the Broncos may have been picking in the top five for a second consecutive year. They may have been picking closer to 6:30 p.m. They may have been in position to draft another Von Miller.
This is pure idiocy from several levels:
#1 -- I doubt the Broncos would have been picking in the top 5 and in any case, there aren't that many really great prospects in this year's draft.
Last year there was Dareus, Miller and Patrick Peterson available in the top 5. This year there's not ONE player of that caliber. Claiborne is the top defender and probably the ONLY defensive player to go in the top 5.
The rest will be 2 QBs, a RB and WR. Need I mention that it's highly hazardous to take a RB or WR with a top 5 pick? Or top 10 pick for that matter.
It's well documented that drafting a WR in the top 10 is more likely to result in a wasted pick or mediocre player than in getting an elite WR. Just look at Brandon Marshall coming out of the 4th round for instance. Happens all the time at WR that 2nd through 4th rounders out perform top 10 picks at WR.
Fletcher Cox might be the top DT, but is he really worth an elite pick? Opinion is divided on this. His career wasn't that great until the later part of last season and he could be a better run defender.
In short, he doesn't compare favorably as a prospect with Marcel Dareus, who was clearly without any weaknesses.
This year is a year with a lot of depth, but few elite players and even fewer on defense.
This is a good year to have a later round pick.
Second, it's doubtful that Peyton Manning would have signed with a 5-11 team. We could still be stuck with Tim Tebow.
And for all you Teboners still out there -- nobody ELSE in the NFL wants Tebow as a starter either. Outside of NY there wasn't even a market for him. :coffee:
Personally, I don't like Tebow either as a player or as a person. But, to say that he's laughing at the Broncos for getting them such a bad pick or that they could have drafted "another Von Miller" is pure stupidity. :coffee: