My point was Maroney has been here four years and there is no one here on this forum including Batman and Robbin who could honestly (key word) say Maroney has been worth a number #1 pick. Let's look for someone else.
Indeed. We have been down this road before. Let's revisit, shall we?
1 Houston Mario Williams - DE
2 New Orleans Reggie Bush - RB
3 Tennessee Vince Young - QB
4 New York D'Brickashaw Ferguson - OT
5 Green Bay A.J. Hawk - LB
6 San Francisco Vernon Davis - TE
7 Oakland Michael Huff
8 Buffalo Donte' Whitner
9 Detroit Ernie Sims - LB
10 Arizona Matt Leinart - QB
11 Denver Jay Cutler - QB
12 Baltimore Haloti Ngata - DT
13 Cleveland Kamerion Wimbley - DE
14 Philadelphia Brodrick Bunkley - DT
15 St. Louis Tye Hill
16 Miami Jason Allen
17 Minnesota Chad Greenway - LB
18 Dallas Bobby Carpenter - LB
19 San Diego Antonio Cromartie
20 Kansas City Tamba Hali - DE
21 New England Laurence Maroney - RB
22 San Francisco Manny Lawson - DE
23 Tampa Bay Davin Joseph - OG
24 Cincinnati Johnathan Joseph
25 Pittsburgh Santonio Holmes - WR
26 Buffalo John McCargo - DT
27 Carolina DeAngelo Williams - RB
28 Jacksonville Marcedes Lewis - TE
29 New York Nick Mangold
30 Indianapolis Joseph Addai - RB
31 Seattle Kelly Jennings
32 New York Mathias Kiwanuka - DE
Given the realities of the NFL draft (rather than your romanticized armchair quarterback view), I'd say he was a fine pick.
Why are the backers of Maroney trying to force him down the throats of some that say he lacks in many areas? We don't hate him or his family. It's time for a change.
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For the following reasons:
1) He's a decent back
2) He's cheap
We have significant holes at OLB, ILB, DE, OG, and WR. We might have further holes at CB and TE depending on which players we re-sign. And now we have luminaries saying we should cut our most dependable RB. Just how many positions do you think we can overhaul/restock this offseason?
Frankly, I'd rather cut Morris and sign/draft another guy to join the rotation.