I completely, whole-heartedly agree.
Bill would've been better-served using that pick instead on pass-rushers like George Selvie, Willie Young, Lindsey Witten or Brandon Lang; WRs like Blair White, Scott Long or Chris McGaha; RBs like Lonyae Miller or Andre Dixon; H-Backs like Dorin ****erson or Jameson Konz; ILBs like Mike McLaughlin or Jamar Cheney; 5-Techniques like CJ Wilson or Doug Worthington; CBs like SydQuan Thompson, Donovan Warren, AJ Jefferson or David Pender; OTs like Selvish Capers, Tony Washington or Kyle Calloway; or even FBs like Rashawn Jackson or Manase Tonga.
WHINE.. WHINE.. WHINE... COMPLAIN.. COMPLAIN. COMPLAIN.. Let us know when you actually start working as a scout or a Director of Personnel..
You always make these comments, yet you fail to acknowledge that there are HUGE gaps of information in "review" of the players..
RBs - Miller comes from Fresno State. Where Pat White is the coach.. White happens to be a long time friend of Bill.. I'm sure you can do the math. As for Dixon, every other team passed on him until he signed as a UDFA. Dixon also had character red flags..
White or Long - No one grabbed them. Both ended up being UDFA
Konz /****erson - The Pats drafted Hernandez for the H-back role..
McLaughlin/Chaney - The Pats have Spikes and McKenzie is returning from injury. They also have Guyton, Alexander and Murrell on the roster. Did you stop to think that maybe the Pats didn't like how Chaney had recovered from his broken leg?
As for McLaughlin, he's another coming off a major set of injuries.. A torn ACL that he did in the spring and then a Ruptured Achilles.
The CBs - The Pats had already added McCourty. They also had 6 on the roster. Of the ones you mentioned, only Jefferson was intriguing.
Why would the Pats add a SLOW CB in Thompson (4.75 - 40)??
Donovan Warren has a great pedigree, but he's a free safety.. And safety is one area where the Pats are stacked at.. With Sander, McGowan, Meriweather, Chung, Arrington and Lockett..
As for the Pass Rushers: Yeah, I was hoping they'd take either Lang or Witten.. Clearly they saw something that we don't.
As for Selvie, is there a player other than Ernest Shazor who's stock plummetted the way his did. He was being touted as a top 15 pick last year.. and he finally got taken by the Rams in the 7th round.. It's real easy to understand why teams didn't go to Selvie.. All one has to do is look at his splits.. THey are horrible.
As for the other OTs you mentioned.
Capers - Only played RT at WVU.
Calloway - Kirk Ferentz is the Iowa Coach.. He's got a long history with BB.
Washington - Extremely Raw.
Why would the Pats draft a FB when they clearly want it to be an H-BACK..