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Originally Posted by Cochise
I am fine with Fisher out of the players who were available at the top of the draft.
But we do have to understand he didn't play against top collegiate competition before, let alone NFL level competition. He's also not playing his natural position. I kind of feel like he should be playing LT now because he will be our LT of the future, Branden Albert's ego be damned.
But you also are afraid of the "shades of Trezelle Jenkins" feeling, where Whitlock wrote that memorable column about how he hated the pick, and Gunther gave him this big spiel, showing him game film and saying how Tree's problems were all technique and they could coach him up.
Who knows what'll happen... there's probably no use slicing each other up about it.
I guess I don't understand why goatse feels the need to gloat when someone on our team goes out there and fails. Why take pleasure in that?
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Yes he didn't play top level collegiate competition. But he was the biggest, strongest, fastest, most athletic Tackle in the draft. So who would they draft otherwise? There is an adjustment time frame with him but the upside is the sky. I think you got to gamble on greatness when you have the chance and they did. They could pick somebody with a higher floor but not with a higher ceiling. And they went for the ceiling.
I think that is the right thing to do with the #1 pick.