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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Dbs were much more critical a need than wrs last offseason. Let's not forget the panic we all had going into the season with the secondary we had.
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Only fools were worried about the secondary. I was not, and it wasn't because I thought Phillip Gaines was going to play meaningful snaps and do somewhat well. I was fairly confident that we would have an improved secondary from 2013, and I was definitely right. Considering we had Berry's bad ankle and his lymphoma diagnosis as well as the spotty health of our newly acquired dimeback, my assertion was more true than I even thought.
Not hating on Gaines at all. I think he's a good player, and I'm glad we made that selection, but if you're going to be like Tuckdaddy and claim that BPA is bullshit, then the Phillip Gaines pick CLEARLY muddies up that assertion. WR was such a glaring need this offseason and the draft was so deep and stocked with WR talent that it would totally have been acceptable and understandable for Dorsey to break with his BPA strategy and take maybe the 2nd or 3rd player on his board as long as it was a WR.
But Dorsey stuck to his BPA guns. And I personally think it paid off even at the expense of our putrid play from all WRs not named Bowe last year.