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actually, drafting dowling instead of brooks reed was worse
I think this is one dumb statement.
Brooks reed would have been an OLB/Edgerusher for us this year where we got great production from Carter, Anderson, and others. Not sure exactly where and how Brooks would have fit into that but I think at best he would have given the same production.
Where as the secondary was one of our biggest problems most of the year. Dowling is a kid that out of TC had won a starting role unfortunately for him and for us he had a season ending injury.
If you are asking me would I rather have had in '11 Brooks who played the season or Dowling who did not I would obviously rather Brooks but what really is being asked is was it wise for BB to have drafted Dowling over Brooks and based on what the team needed in '11 I am not sure how you can argue the decision, Dowling was the right call and hopefully he can stay healthy moving forward and prove to be the better player.